The debate over thyroid-function screening in pregnancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 562-563

  Brent, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ITALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856790058     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1112591     Document Type: Editorial

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