Universal newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-332

  Sanghvi, Urvi ^a   Diwakar, K K ^a  

^a MOSC Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOITER; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN SCREENING; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 44349095882     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Hulse JA, Grant DB, Clayton BE, Lilly P, Jackson D, Spracklan A, et al. Population screening for congenital hypothyroidism. Br Med J 1980; 280: 675-678.
2. American Academy of Pediatrics. AAP Section on Endocrinology and Committee on Genetics, and American Thyroid Association Committee on Public Health: Newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism: recommended guidelines. Pediatrics 1993; 91: 1203-1209.
3. Rose SR, Brown RS, Foley T, Kaplowitz TP, Kaye CI, Sundararjan S, et al. Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism, Pediatrics 2006; 117: p. 2290-2303.
4. Lee MM, Moshang T Jr. Endocrine Disorders of the New Born. In: Macdonald MG, Seshia MMK, Mullett MD (Eds) Avery's Neonatology Pathophysiology and Management of the Newborn. 6th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005. p. 914-939.
5. Devi AR, Naushad SM. Newborn screening in India. Indian Pediatr 2004; 71: 157-160.