Maternal perchlorate levels in women with borderline thyroid function during pregnancy and the cognitive development of their offspring: Data from the controlled antenatal thyroid study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4291-4298

  Taylor, Peter N ^a   Okosieme, Onyebuchi E ^a   Murphy, Rhian ^b   Hales, Charlotte ^a   Chiusano, Elisabetta ^c   Maina, Aldo ^c   Joomun, Mohamed ^d   Bestwick, Jonathan P ^d   Smyth, Peter ^e   Paradice, Ruth ^b   Channon, Sue ^b   Braverman, Lewis E ^f   Dayan, Colin M ^a   Lazarus, John H ^a   Pearce, Elizabeth N ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b St Davids Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Rianimazione ed Emergenze AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PERCHLORATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; URINE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCHLORATES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84910000321     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1901     Document Type: Article

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