Breastfeeding and thyroid disease: A literature review

Breastfeeding Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Speller, Elisabeth ^a   Brodribb, Wendy ^a   McGuire, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antithyroid drugs; Breastfeeding; Hyperthyroid; Hypothyroid; Iodine; Postpartum thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; GRAVES DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID TUMOR;

BREAST FEEDING; GRAVES DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866776652     PISSN: 07292759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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