Congenital hypothyroidism screening: seasonal variations of TSH levels
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Umbilical cord blood TSH levels in term neonates: a screening tool for congenital hypothyroidism.
This study was conducted to find normative values for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in 1200 cord blood samples of term babies whose mothers were not on any thyroid medications. TSH was estimated within 24 hrs by enzyme immunoassay. A full thyroid profile, viz, T3, T4, TSH, fT3 and fT4 was done at 7-10 days of age in all babies with cord TSH >20 mIU/L. The mean, median and standard deviation...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.462