Antenatal thyroid screening and childhood cognitive function

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 493-501

  Lazarus, John H ^a   Bestwick, Jonathan P ^d   Channon, Sue ^b   Paradice, Ruth ^b   Maina, Aldo ^e   Rees, Rhian ^a   Chiusano, Elisabetta ^e   John, Rhys ^c   Guaraldo, Varvara ^e   George, Lynne M ^d   Perona, Marco ^e   Dall'Amico, Daniela ^e   Parkes, Arthur B ^a   Joomun, Mohammed ^d   Wald, Nicholas J ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b St Davids Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84856779695     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1106104     Document Type: Article

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