Thyroid function in obese children and adolescents

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-197

  Marras, Valeria ^a   Casini, Maria Rosaria ^a   Pilia, Sabrina ^a   Carta, Daniela ^a   Civolani, Patrizia ^a   Porcu, Manuela ^a   Uccheddu, Anna Paola ^a   Loche, Sandro ^a  

^a Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children, body mass index; Insulin; Obesity, children and adolescents; Thyroid function abnormalities; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77951276542     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284361     Document Type: Article

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