Reference values for thyroid function tests in pregnant women living in Catalonia, Spain

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Vila, Lluís ^a   Serra Prat, Mateu ^b   Palomera, Elisabet ^b   Casamitjana, Roser ^c   De Castro, Alfonso ^d   Legaz, Gustavo ^e   Barrionuevo, Celia ^e   Garcia, Ana Julia ^f   Lal Trehan, Sanjay ^f   Muñoz, José Antonio ^g   Durán, Josep ^h   Garcia, Amparo ⁱ   Puig Domingo, Manel ^j  

^a HOSPITAL DOS DE MAIG   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Women's Health Center   (Spain)

^e Department of Gynecology   (Spain)

^f Hospital Comarcal del Pallars   (Spain)

^g Primary Health Care Center of Seu d'Urgell   (Spain)

^h Department of Gynecology   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital de Puigcerda   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; POTASSIUM IODIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; SPAIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77149130503     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0264     Document Type: Letter

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