A high prevalence of consanguineous and severe congenital hypothyroidism in an Iranian population

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1201-1209

  Ordookhani, Arash ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Moharamzadeh, Masoud ^b   Hedayati, Mehdi ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Cretinism; Neonatal screening; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 4644247158     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.9.1201     Document Type: Article

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