False-negative primary neonatal thyroid screening: The need for clinical vigilance and secondary screening

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-4

  Yunis, Khalid A ^a   Nasr, Michel R ^a   Lepejian, Garine ^a   Najjar, Samir ^a   Daher, Rose ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0038705122     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914103321610725     Document Type: Article

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