BACKGROUND Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation. One important challenge in understanding the epidemiology of CH is that some newborns will have transient CH, a temporary depression of thyroid hormone concentrations that can last from several days to several months. Studies from other countries have reported that 10 to 15% of children...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa back ground: considering the high prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in isfahan, the intelligence quotient (iq) of children with ch and the effect of diagnostic and treatment variables on it were investigated during the ch screening program. materials and methods: a total of 120 children in three studied groups were studied in this compara...

Permanent hypothyroidism following surgical resection in a patient with Graves' disease requires levo-thyroxine replacement therapy for the rest of the patient's life . We mentioned' one therapeutic regimen for this patient in our first report on the autotransplantation of cryopreserved thyroid tissue in a patient with irreversible hypothyroidism. In this second report, we present the findings ...

All patients identified in the neonatal screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism in Northern Ireland between 1983 and 1993 were reviewed. 131 infants were recalled because of TSH elevation of whom 85 proved to have true permanent congenital hypothyroidism, while 44 had transient TSH elevation and 2 cases died before the diagnosis could be confirmed. TSH elevation at presentation was mi...

Lower cutoff levels in screening programs have led to an increase in the proportion of detected cases of transient hypothyroidism, leading to an increase in the overall prevalence of primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in several countries. We have performed a retrospective evaluation on the data from 251,008 (96.72%) neonates screened for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level in dried blo...

Congenital hypothyroidism is one of the causes mental retardation in children that can be prevented if recognized and treated early. Thyroid hormones play a role development central nervous system. It known 95% CH do not show typical clinical signs symptoms at birth duration early intervention to prevent short. Therefore, most developed countries have conducted neonatal screening programs for d...

-