At the end of a two-year follow-up elevated TSH levels normalize or remain unchanged in most the children with subclinical hypothyroidism

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  De Luca, Filippo ^a,b   Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^a   Zirilli, Giuseppina ^a   Aversa, Tommaso ^a   Arrigo, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; EVOLUTION; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NOTE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649211613     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-36-11     Document Type: Note

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