Free thyroxine levels after very preterm birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes at aǵe 7 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Scratch, Shannon E ^a,b   Hunt, Rodney W ^a,b   Thompson, Deanne K ^a,b   Ahmadzai, Zohra M ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,d   Inder, Terrie E ^a,c   Anderson, Peter J ^b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain volumes; Cognitive outcome; Hormones; Preterm infants; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN VOLUMES; COGNITIVE OUTCOME; HORMONES; PRETERM INFANTS; THYROXINE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84898752859     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2425     Document Type: Article

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