Maternal thyroid function at 11-13 weeks of gestation in women with hypothyroidism treated by Thyroxine

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Ashoor, Ghalia ^a,b   Rotas, Michael ^a,b   Maiz, Nerea ^c   Kametas, Nikos A ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Sanitario Virgen Del Pilar   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibodies; Hypothyroidism; Pregnancy; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine; Tri iodothyronine

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77955694228     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314906     Document Type: Article

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