Gestational thyroid function abnormalities in conditions of mild iodine deficiency: Early screening versus continuous monitoring of maternal thyroid status

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-617

  Moleti, Mariacarla ^a   Pio Lo Presti, Vincenzo ^a   Mattina, Filiberto ^a   Mancuso, Alfredo ^a   De Vivo, Antonio ^a   Giorgianni, Grazia ^a   Di Bella, Beatrice ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a   Vermiglio, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549123084     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0709     Document Type: Article

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