Pregnancy outcome, thyroid dysfunction and fetal goitre after in utero exposure to propylthiouracil: A controlled cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-617

  Rosenfeld, Hila ^a,b   Ornoy, Asher ^a,b   Shechtman, Svetlana ^a   Diav Citrin, Orna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal neonatal goitre; Major anomalies; Maternal hyperthyroidism; Pregnancy; Propylthiouracil

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID WEIGHT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70449107192     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03495.x     Document Type: Article

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