Pediatric TSH Reference Intervals and Prevalence of High Thyroid Antibodies in the Lebanese Population

The aims of this study are to establish reference values for TSH in Lebanese schoolchildren; to look at the relationship between TSH and age, gender, BMI, socioeconomic status (SES), and thyroid antibodies (TAb); and to investigate the prevalence of abnormal TAb in this population. 974 Lebanese scho...

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Main Authors: Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared, Nicole Balech, Vanessa Farah, Marianne Antar, Rindala Saliba, Elise Chahine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6372964