Mechanisms in endocrinology maternal thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and behavioural and psychiatric disorders of children: A systematic review

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2017, Pages R261-R273

  Fetene, Dagnachew Muluye ^a,b   Betts, Kim S ^a   Alati, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; EXTERNALISING BEHAVIOUR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCOPUS; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; THYROID DISEASES;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 85031022734     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-16-0860     Document Type: Review

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