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  • Title: [Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism in a suburban hospital: assessment of eleven years' experience].
    Author: Cardinale A.
    Journal: Pediatr Med Chir; 1991; 13(4):411-3. PubMed ID: 1754476.
    Abstract:
    Congenital hypothyroidism is one of the commonest endocrine diseases in infancy; the diagnosis is delayed it can lead to mental impairment. Since a precocious diagnosis, based on clinical symptoms and signs, is often difficult, screening at birth is very useful. Substitute L-T4 therapy presents some problems as it is impossible to assess the right dose before. The results of an eleven years long screening in a peripheral hospital are reported: 6408 babies were examined and congenital hypothyroidism was present in three cases, depending respectively on agenesia, ectopia and hypoplasia of the thyroid gland.
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