Universal screening detects two-times more thyroid disorders in early pregnancy than targeted high-risk case finding

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Horacek, Jiri ^a   Spitalnikova, Sylvie ^a   Dlabalova, Blanka ^a   Malirova, Eva ^a   Vizda, Jaroslav ^a   Svilias, Ioannis ^a   Cepkova, Jitka ^a   Mc Grath, Catherine ^a   Maly, Jaroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE FINDING; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77957163856     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0516     Document Type: Article

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