Normal thyroid function in young adults who were born very preterm

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 887-891

  Mollee, Terezka S ^a   Finken, Martijn J J ^a   Van Weissenbruch, Mirjam M ^a   Rotteveel, Joost ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

follow up studies; preterm birth; small for gestational age; thyroid function

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREMATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655172882     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.324     Document Type: Article

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