Natural history of thyroid function tests over 5 years in a large pediatric cohort

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1678-1682

  Lazar, Liora ^a,b   Frumkin, Rachel Ben David ^a   Battat, Erez ^c   Lebenthal, Yael ^a   Phillip, Moshe ^a,b   Meyerovitch, Joseph ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; STATISTICS; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 66149114093     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2615     Document Type: Article

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