Serum TSH determinations in pregnancy: How, when and why?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 526-529

  Glinoer, Daniel ^a   Spencer, Carole A ^b  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955926932     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.91     Document Type: Review

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