Fetal thyroid hormone level at birth is associated with fetal growth

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shields, Beverley M ^a   Knight, Beatrice A ^a   Hill, Anita ^a   Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Vaidya, Bijay ^a,b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 79956306386     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2814     Document Type: Article

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