PURPOSE Thyroid dysfunction is common in preterm infants. Congenital hypothyroidism causes neurodevelopmental impairment, which is preventable if properly treated. This study was conducted to describe the characteristics of thyroid dysfunction in very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs), evaluate risk factors of hypothyroidism, and suggest the reassessment of thyroid function with an initially no...

Background: Vitiligo is a pigmentary disorder of the skin, which has been reported in association with thyroid disorders. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess thyroid disorders in vitiligo patients. Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, thyroid function tests were evaluated in seventy patients with vitiligo and compared with a control group. Results: Nine of seventy patien...

background: the aim of the study was to evaluate the third trimester urinary iodine excretion and to assess its relation with newborns thyroid function. materials and methods: a total  of  208 healthy third trimester pregnant women without previous history of thyroid disease were included in the study. urinary iodine levels of mothers were measured and neonatal tsh levels were screened on the 3...

previous studies have shown that injection of iodized oil in pregnant women can be used as a prophylactic strategy for iodine deficiency disorders and may improve the growth indices of their offspring. since administration of pharmacological doses of iodine may lead occasionally to large goiter and rarely to hypothyroidism, in the present study the thyroid function tests of neonates and infants...

Maternal thyroid disease can affect the newborn baby leading to neonatal hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism. Babies born to mothers with thyroid disease get thyroid function tests (TFT) done randomly irrespective of the nature of maternal thyroid disease and medication .The aim of this study was to determine which babies are at-risk and need thyroid function monitoring besides a simple Newborn s...

introduction in children with nephrotic syndrome, it is probable to determine a hypothyroid state because of thyroxine (t4), tri-iodothyronine (t3) and thyroid-binding globulin loss in presence of proteinuria. objectives: to examine thyroid function in pediatric cases of nephrotic syndrome. methods: in a cross-sectional study, from march 2010 to march 2012, thyroid function tests were performed...

The author investigated clinically the correlation between thyroid function and Meniere's syndrome. The results are, on the whole, as follows: 1) As the results of thyroid function tests such as serum protein-bound-iodine (P.B.I.), radioactive iodine (I131) uptake of the thyroid gland (24 hour method), basal metabolic rate (B.M.R.), blood cholesterol, and the enlargement of the thyroid gland on...