Determination of trimester specific reference intervals for thyroid hormones during pregnancy in Malaysian women

Malaysian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-27

  Thevarajah, Malathi ^a   Chew, Y Y ^a   Lim, S C ^a   Sabir, N ^a   Sickan, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Abbott Diagnostics Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Reference values; Thyroid function; Trimester specific

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE 5 DEIODINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALAYSIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749133577     PISSN: 01268635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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