Small for gestational age is a risk factor for thyroid dysfunction in preterm newborns

• Main Authors: Chunhua Liu (Author), Kaiyan Wang (Author), Jizhong Guo (Author), Jiru Chen (Author), Mei Chen (Author), Zhexi Xie (Author), Pu Chen (Author), Beiyan Wu (Author), Niyang Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Thyroid hormones play an important role in the normal growth and maturation of the central nervous system. However, few publications addressed the altered thyroid hormone levels in preterm small for gestational age (SGA) newborns. We hypothesized preterm SGA infants have higher t...