Congenital hypothyroidism. Aetiological and clinical aspects.
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Maenpaa, J. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 914. Congenital hypothyroidism: aetiological and clinical aspects. In 67 patients with congenital hypothyroidism radioiodide tests, including thyroid scintigraphy, were used to study the aetiology. Athyrosis was found in 5 boys and 16 girls (31 %), maldevelopment of thyroid gland in 1 boy and 2 girls (5%), ectopic gland in 4 boys and 20 girls (36%), and dyshormonogenesis in 7 boys and 12 girls (28%). In the lastmentioned group, organic binding of iodide was defective in 13; in the 9 families studied there was evidence of autosomal recessive inheritance. Duration of preg-
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 47 256 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972