Time Trend and Geographic Distribution of Treated Patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism Relative to the Number of Available Endocrinologists in Japan

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Gu, Yan Hong ^a   Kato, Tadaaki ^a   Harada, Shohei ^a   Inomata, Hiroaki ^b   Aoki, Kikumaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Inomata Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Aiiku Maternal and Child Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953285349     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.051     Document Type: Article

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