Thyroid dysfunction in children with Down syndrome: A literature review

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  King, K ^a   O'Gorman, C ^a,b   Gallagher, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Children with Down syndrome; Congenital hypothyroidism; Hyperthyroidism; Management guidelines; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

THYROID ANTIBODY;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOWN SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOWN SYNDROME; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893804631     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-013-0994-y     Document Type: Review

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