Screening for overt thyroid disease in early pregnancy may be preferable to searching for small aberrations in thyroid function tests

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-304

  Laurberg, Peter ^a   Andersen, Stine L ^a   Pedersen, Inge B ^a   Andersen, Stig ^a   Carlé, Allan ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DAMAGE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDLINE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 84880834236     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12232     Document Type: Review

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