Evaluation of subclinical hypothyroidism in ambulatory children with controlled epilepsy on valproate monotherapy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 594-597

  Sahu, Jitendra K ^a,b   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Arya, Ravindra ^a   Sharma, Rajni ^a   Gupta, Nandita ^a   Kaleekal, Thomas ^a   Reeta, Kh ^a   Gupta, Y K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

epilepsy; subclinical hypothyroidism; thyroid; thyroid stimulating hormone; thyroxine; valproate

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBODIES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84860275319     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811421985     Document Type: Article

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