Severe maternal hypothyroidism corrected prior to the third trimester is associated with normal cognitive outcome in the offspring

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-630

  Downing, Susan ^a   Halpern, Leslie ^b   Carswell, Jeremi ^c,d   Brown, Rosalind S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861990731     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0257     Document Type: Article

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