Congenital hypothyroidism: are cases being missed?
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Congenital hypothyroidism missed on screening.
Three patients with congenital hypothyroidism missed on routine screening due to normal low thyrotrophin concentrations in the neonatal period presented in later childhood. Clinicians should remain aware of hypothyroidism as a cause of morbidity in early childhood despite a national screening programme.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Endocrinology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1759-5029,1759-5037
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.134