Fetal and neonatal thyroid function: Review and summary of significant new findings

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Raymond, Jennifer ^a   LaFranchi, Stephen H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Intelligence quotient; Iodine; Levothyroxine; Newborn screening; Organification defect; Thyrotropin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IODINATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 75149146557     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e328333b0b2     Document Type: Review

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