Detecting congenital hypothyroidism with newborn screening: the relevance of thyroid-stimulating hormone cutoff values

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism and the ability of various neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSHneo) cutoff values to detect this disease. Methods: This cohort study was based on the retrospective collection of information available from the Reference Service fo...

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Main Authors: Stela Maris Silvestrin, Claudio Leone, Cléa Rodrigues Leone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716303886