Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in cognitively delayed children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Al Qudah, Abdelkarim A ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSTIPATION; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031760125     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747961     Document Type: Article

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