Serum thyroid hormone levels in healthy children from birth to adulthood and in short children born small for gestational age

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3170-3178

  Lem, Annemieke J ^a,b   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^c   Van Toor, Hans ^c   De Ridder, Maria A J ^c   Visser, Theo J ^c   Hokken Koelega, Anita C S ^a,b  

^a Dutch Growth Research Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEUPRORELIN; LIOTHYRONINE; T4 HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; THYROXINE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE, REVERSE;

EID: 84866142819     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1759     Document Type: Article

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