Thyroid function: Thyroid hormones, iodine and the brainan important concern

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 475-476

  Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; MALE; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

EID: 70349327834     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.155     Document Type: Short Survey

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