Thyroid function in pregnancy

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-148

  Lazarus, John H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hyperthyroid; hypothyroid; neurodevelopment; screening; thyroid function testing

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVES DISEASE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH2 CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 79952559080     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldq039     Document Type: Article

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