Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in Isfahan, Iran: Results of a survey on 20,000 neonates

Hormone Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-83

  Hashemipour, Mahin ^a,b   Amini, Massoud ^a,b   Iranpour, Ramin ^b   Sadri, Gholam Hossein ^b   Javaheri, Narges ^a   Haghighi, Sassan ^a   Hovsepian, Silva ^a   Javadi, Abbas Ali ^b   Nematbakhsh, Mahdi ^b   Sattari, Goshtasb ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Iran; Neonatal screening; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

BODY WEIGHT; CITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IRAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SCREENING; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 4644252291     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079392     Document Type: Review

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