When thyroidologists agree to disagree: Comments on the 2012 endocrine society pregnancy and thyroid disease clinical practice guideline

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2632-2635

  Soldin, Offie P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

EDITORIAL; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 84864818334     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2529     Document Type: Editorial

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