Clinical Endocrinology · 1984 · 113 citations · 9 references
MedicineEndocrinologyMaternal HealthChild DevelopmentMaternal NutritionMaternal-fetal MedicineIodine DeficiencyIodine NutritionMaternal-fetal PhysiologyPregnancyPrenatal DevelopmentThyroid EndocrinologyFetal Neurological MaturationIntellectual AbilityMaternal Iodine DeficiencyMaternal Iodine NutritionMotor Competence AssessmentPregnancy Iodine StatusThyroid Function In PregnancyTriiodothyronine Measurement
Serum levels of thyroxine and triiodothyronine during pregnancy were measured in women from a severely iodine deficient region in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Subsequently the children born to these women were examined when aged 10-12 years and measures made of intellectual ability and motor competence. A significant correlation between these measures in the children and the maternal thyroxine but not maternal triiodothyronine level was observed. It is speculated that maternal thyroxine and not triiodothyronine may be essential for normal neurological maturation of the fetus before the fetal thyroid becomes functional.
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Thyroid function in the preterm fetus.
Delbert A. Fisher, Calvin J. Hobel, Romulo Garza et al. · PubMed · 1970 · 113 citations
Medicine, Endocrinology, Obstetrics +17
THYROID FUNCTION IN THE PRETERM FETUS
Delbert A. Fisher, Calvin J. Hobel, Romulo Garza et al. · PEDIATRICS · 1970 · 111 citations
Medicine, Endocrinology, Obstetrics +13