Downstream effects of maternal hypothyroxinemia in early pregnancy: Nonverbal IQ and brain morphology in school-age children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2383-2390

  Ghassabian, Akhgar ^a,b   El Marroun, Hanan ^a,b   Peeters, Robin P ^b   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b   White, Tonya ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; NETHERLANDS; NEUROIMAGING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84904045071     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4281     Document Type: Article

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