A 7-year experience with low blood TSH cutoff levels for neonatal screening reveals an unsuspected frequency of congenital hypothyroidism (CH)

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 739-745

  Corbetta, Carlo ^a   Weber, Giovanna ^b   Cortinovis, Francesca ^b   Calebiro, Davide ^c,d   Passoni, Arianna ^b   Vigone, Maria C ^b   Beck Peccoz, Paolo ^c,e   Chiumello, Giuseppe ^b   Persani, Luca ^c,d  

^a Laboratory for Neonatal Screening   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 70349680738     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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