Maternal hypothyroxinemia and effects on cognitive functioning in childhood: How and why?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-162

  Henrichs, Jens ^a,b   Ghassabian, Akhgar ^b   Peeters, Robin P ^c   Tiemeier, Henning ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LANGUAGE DELAY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84880077588     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12227     Document Type: Review

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