OBJECTIVE To gain an insight into risk factors for hypothyroidism after subacute thyroiditis (SAT), we examined the correlation between initial laboratory and ultrasonographic findings and sequential thyroid dysfunction among treatment modalities. PATIENTS We reviewed retrospectively the medical records of 252 patients (26 men and 226 women) with SAT who consecutively visited our thyroid clin...

Congenital hypothyroidism is one of the most urgent diseases of the neonate. When diagnosed and treated at an early stage, its most important complication, mental retardation, is preventable. The signs of congenital hypothyroidism are nonspecific in neonates. Only 5% of the cases have characteristic clinical findings. One of the most important and earliest signs is prolonged jaundice during the...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is widely prevalent in pregnant women and the rate of detection, especially on a developing country like India, has not kept pace with magnitude problem (1).Since hypothyroidism easily treated, timely detection treatment disorder could reduce burden adverse fetal maternal outcomes, which are very commonly encountered (1).Congenital can be caused due to thyroid dysge...

To determine the incidence of transient congenital hypothyroidism due to TSH receptor-blocking antibodies, we screened dried blood specimens obtained from 788 neonates identified as having possible congenital hypothyroidism (from a total population of 1,614,166 babies) and 121 controls. A RRA was used. The potency of blood spot TSH binding inhibitory activity was compared with the severity of c...

Incidence of congenital hypothyroidism varies across countries and different geographic regions. A retrospective analysis of cord blood thyroid stimulating hormone values, and their subsequent follow-up, was done in a tertiary-care center in Kerala, India. Congenital hypothyroidism was found at the rate of 1 in 244, which is higher than reported incidence from other centers.

OBJECTIVE To establish benchmarks and study some sonographic characteristics of the thyroid gland in a group of euthyroid children aged up to 5 years as compared with age-matched children with congenital hypothyroidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six children (17 female and 19 male) aged between 2 months and 5 years were divided into two groups - 23 euthyroid children and 13 children with c...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to evaluate the biochemical markers of bone turnover in children with congenital hypothyroidism during the course of treatment as compared to healthy children selected as controls. METHODS The study included 31 children with congenital hypothyroidism and 29 healthy children. In both groups, we evaluated serum procollagen type-1 N-terminal propeptide (PINP) an...

this study was aimed to evaluate the situation of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in guilan using the screening program and determine the correlation of ch with birth weight, gestational age and seasonality. during 2006 to 2010, in guilan province, neonatal screening for ch by measurement of serum tsh level was performed in 3-5 days after birth. all neonates with tsh level ≥ 5mu/l were referred ...