The use of TSH in determining thyroid disease: How does it impact the practice of medicine in pregnancy?

Journal of Thyroid Research

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Soldin, Offie P ^a,b,c   Chung, Sarah H ^a   Colie, Christine ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOFIBRATE; DIAMORPHINE; ESTROGEN; FLUOROURACIL; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IOPANOIC ACID; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHADONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; SALICYLIC ACID; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84879193058     PISSN: 20908067     EISSN: 20420072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/148157     Document Type: Review

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