Risk factors for congenital hypothyroidism in Egypt: Results of a population case-control study (2003-2010)

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-276

  Abdelmoktader, Ahmed Mahmoud ^a  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880912425     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.273     Document Type: Article

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