Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism based on thyroxine, thyrotropin, and thyroxine-binding globulin measurement: Potentials and pitfalls

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3370-3376

  Kempers, M J E ^a   Lanting, C I ^b   Van Heijst, A F J ^c   Van Trotsenburg, A S P ^a   Wiedijk, B M ^a   De Vijlder, J J M ^a   Vulsma, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748741885     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-0058     Document Type: Article

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