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

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Stela Maris Silvestrin, Claudio Leone, Cléa Rodrigues Leone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572017000300274&lng=en&tlng=en