Impact of mild thyroid hormone deficiency in pregnancy on cognitive function in children: Lessons from the Generation R Study

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-232

  Ghassabian, Akhgar ^a   Henrichs, Jens ^b   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behaviour; children; cognition; executive function; hypothyroxinaemia; iodine; pregnancy; thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THYROID HORMONE DEFICIENCY; VERBAL MEMORY;

BEHAVIOUR; CHILDREN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HYPOTHYROXINAEMIA; IODINE; PREGNANCY; THYROID;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84896089443     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.04.008     Document Type: Review

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