Capillary TSH screening programme for Down's syndrome in Scotland, 1997-2009

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1113-1117

  McGowan, Sheena ^a   Jones, Jeremy ^a   Brown, Arlene ^b   Reynolds, Lucy ^c   Leyland, Kath ^d   Charleton, Patricia ^e   Rahim, Mona ^f   Mansor, Mohamed ^g   Ritha, Sawsan ^h   Donaldson, Malcolm D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Yorkhill Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^c Maternal and Child Public Health Team   (United Kingdom)

^d Southbank Child Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Community Child Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^h WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCOTLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255137951     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300124     Document Type: Article

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