Effect of laboratory practices on the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Hertzberg, Vicki ^a   Mei, Joanne ^b   Therrell, Bradford L ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hypothyroidism; Incidence rate; Laboratory methodology; Newborn screening

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOMETRIC ASSAY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951790203     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1975E     Document Type: Article

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