Is the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism really increasing? A 20-year retrospective population-based study in Québec

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2422-2429

  Deladoëy, Johnny ^a,b   Ruel, Jean ^c   Giguère, Yves ^c   Van Vliet, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM; THYROTROPIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHYREOSIS; CANADA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEONATAL SCREENING; QUEBEC; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 79961215109     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1073     Document Type: Article

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