Gestational thyrotoxicosis associated with emesis in early pregnancy

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-58

  Ndungu, J R ^a   Amayo, A ^a   Qureshi, Z P ^b   Sekadde Kigondu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; KENYA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; KENYA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449125930     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v86i2.46933     Document Type: Article

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