Longitudinal assessment of thyroid function in pregnancy

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 595-602

  Ekinci, Elif I ^a,b,c   Lu, Zhong X ^d,e   Sikaris, Ken ^d   Bittar, Intissar ^a   Cheong, Karey Y ^a   Lam, Que ^a   Crinis, Nick ^a   Houlihan, Christine A ^a,f  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beckman Dxl 800 analyser; Free T3; Free T4; Pregnancy; Thyroid function; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Trimester specific reference intervals

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; BECKMAN DXL 800 ANALYSER; BLOOD; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TRIMESTER-SPECIFIC REFERENCE INTERVALS;

BECKMAN DXL 800 ANALYSER; FREE T3; FREE T4; PREGNANCY; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE; TRIMESTER-SPECIFIC REFERENCE INTERVALS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 84899562602     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563213486450     Document Type: Article

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