Thyroid function tests during first-trimester of pregnancy: A review of literature

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 664-673

  Mansourian, Azad R ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroid; Hypothyroid; Pregnancy; Thyroid antibodies; Thyroxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ANTIBODIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 77957658549     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.664.673     Document Type: Article

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