Controversies surrounding pregnancy, maternal thyroid status, and fetal outcome

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-326

  Burman, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 66749160224     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.1570     Document Type: Editorial

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