Growth of patients with congenital hypothyroidism detected by neonatal screening in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-446

  Sato, Hirokazu ^a,b,f   Sasaki, Nozomu ^b   Aoki, Kikumaro ^c   Kuroda, Yasuhiro ^d   Kato, Tadaaki ^e  

^a Sunrise Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f Sunrise Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Height; Neonatal screening; Percentage of ideal bodyweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 34250726528     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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