The Italian National Register of infants with congenital hypothyroidism: Twenty years of surveillance and study of congenital hypothyroidism

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Olivieri, Antonella ^a   Altamura, R ^b   Angeloni, U ^b   Antonozzi, I ^b   Baserga, M ^b   Berardi, R ^b   Bernasconi, S ^b   Bona, G ^b   Bucci, I ^b   Burroni, M ^b   Calaciura, F ^b   Caldarera, R ^b   Cappa, M ^b   Caruso, U ^b   Casini, M R ^b   Cassio, A ^b   Cavallo, L ^b   Cerone, R ^b   Cesaretti, G ^b   Cherubini, V ^b   Chiarelli, F ^b   Chiumello, G ^b   Cicchetti, M ^b   Ciccio', M P ^b   Cicognani, A ^b   Coppola, A ^b   Corbetta, C ^b   Cordova, R ^b   Correra, A ^b   Costa, P ^b   Dammacco, F ^b   De Luca, F ^b   De Santis, C ^b   Di Maio, S ^b   Gallicchio, G ^b   Gastaldi, R ^b   Grasso, G ^b   Gurrado, R ^b   Lasciarrea, L ^b   Lelli, A ^b   Leonardi, D ^b   Liotta, A ^b   Loche, S ^b   Lorini, R ^b   Manente, G ^b   Minelli, G ^b   Monaco, F ^b   Moschini, L ^b   Musaro', M A ^b   Narducci, T ^b   Pagliardini, S ^b   Palillo, L ^b   Parlato, G ^b   Pasquini, E ^b   Peruzzi, L ^b   Pinchera, A ^b   Pizzolante, M ^b   Radetti, G ^b   Righetti, F ^b   Rizzo, A ^b   Saggese, G ^b   Sala, D ^b   Salerno, M C ^b   Salti, R ^b   Sava, L ^b   Scognamiglio, D ^b   Stoppioni, V ^b   Tato', L ^b   Tonacchera, M ^b   Vigneri, R ^b   Vignola, G ^b   Vigone, M C ^b   Volta, C ^b   Weber, G ^b   Medda, E ^a   Fazzini, C ^a   De Angelis, S ^a   Stazi, M A ^a   Sorcini, M ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Istituto Superiore di Sanità ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NOTE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 67650175330     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-2     Document Type: Note

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