Thyroid volume changes during pregnancy and after delivery in an iodine-sufficient Republic of Slovenia

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Fister, Petja ^a   Gaberšček, Simona ^b   Zaletel, Katja ^b   Krhin, Blaž ^b   Geršak, Ksenija ^b   Hojker, Sergej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Intrathyroidal blood flow; Pregnancy; Thyroid volume; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CREATININE; IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DELIVERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 67649786650     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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