Maternal Thyroid Function During Pregnancy and the Child’s Linguistic and Sensory Development in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986

BackgroundMaternal hypothyroidism and hypothyroxinemia are associated with poor neuropsychological development in children. Previous research is lacking on whether maternal thyroid dysfunction affects sensory and linguistic development in childhood.MethodsThe Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 inclu...

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Main Authors: Fanni Päkkilä, Tuija Männistö, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Eila Suvanto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00127/full