Improvement in screening performance and diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism in Scotland 1979-2003

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 680-685

  Jones, J H ^b   Mackenzie, J ^b   Croft, G A ^c   Beaton, S ^b   Young, D ^d   Donaldson, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a RHSC   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenland Road Children's Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIFLURIDINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33746906274     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.088427     Document Type: Article

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