Children with congenital hypothyroidism and their siblings: Do they really differ?

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Rovet, Joanne F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Intelligence; L thyroxine; Management; Outcome

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; STUDENT T TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; SIBLINGS; THYROXINE;

EID: 16844375500     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1492     Document Type: Article

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