A retrospective hospital-based study on congenital hypothyroidism in the Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-247

  Al Shaikh, H A ^a   Bappal, B ^a   Nair, R ^a   Al Khusaiby, S ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OMAN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; OMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0042134701     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.4.245     Document Type: Article

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