Perchlorate exposure in pregnancy and cognitive outcomes in children: it's not your mother's thyroid

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90073.

Editorial

Gregory A Brent. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;99(11):4066-8.

doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-3673.

¹ Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90073.

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Comment on

Maternal perchlorate levels in women with borderline thyroid function during pregnancy and the cognitive development of their offspring: data from the Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Study.
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