Neonatal screening: 9% of children with filter paper thyroid-stimulating hormone levels between 5 and 10 µIU/mL have congenital hypothyroidism
Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in children with filter-paper blood-spot TSH (b-TSH) between 5 and 10 µIU/mL in the neonatal screening. Methods: This was a retrospective study including children screened from 2003 to 2010, with b-TSH levels between 5 a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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| Series: | Jornal de Pediatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572017000600649&lng=en&tlng=en |