Hypothyroxinemia and pregnancy

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Negro, Roberto ^a   Soldin, Offie P ^b   Obregon, Maria Jesus ^c   Stagnaro Green, Alex ^d  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; THYROXINE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID DISEASE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 79959670801     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP10309.RA     Document Type: Review

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