Advances in perinatal thyroidology
By: edited by Barry B. Bercu and Dorothy I. Shulman.
Contributors: Bercu, Barry B.; Shulman, Dorothy I.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;; v. 299
Publisher: Plenum
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Thyroid gland diseases in pregnancy -- Congresses.; Congenital hypothyroidism -- Congresses.; Thyroid hormones -- Physiological effect -- Congresses.; Perinatology -- congresses.; Thyroid Diseases -- etiology -- congresses.; Thyroid Diseases -- in infancy & childhood -- congresses.; Thyroid Gland -- physiology -- congresses.
Description: In order to help the primary clinician with the difficult diagnosis of problems with thyroid gland physiology in unborn babies, authors from a range of medical and scientific specialties contribute 15 papers on such topics as the mechanisms of thyroid hormone action, maternal thyroid hormones during pregnancy, and the use of TRH in the fetus to advance lung maturity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Proceedings of an International Symposium on Advances in Perinatal Thyroidology, held December 2-4, 1990, in Longboat Key, Florida--T.p. verso.