background primary congenital hypothyroidism (ch) is the most common treatable cause of mental retardation and can be classified into permanent and transient types. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of permanent and transient congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in hamadan, west province of iran. methods the study population included all cases with primary congenital hypothyro...

congenital hypothyroidism is a condition of thyroid hormone deficiency. approximately 1 in 4000 newborn infants has a deficiency of thyroid function. the aim of this study is determination of the prevalence of permanent and transient congenital hypothyroidism (ch) in yazd, iran.from may 2006 to june 2008, 35377 newborns were screened by measuring serum tsh obtained by heel prick. the neonates w...

background: congenital hypothyroidism (ch) is the most common endocrine diseases and one of the major causes of preventable mental retardation. this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of transient and permanent congenital hypothyroidism in kurdistan province, iran.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, all registered congenital hypothyroidism neonate of health cent...

how to cite this article: mirouliaie m, fallah r, partovee m, ordooei m. efficacy of levothyroxine in migraine headaches in children with subclinical hypothyroidism. iran j child neurol autumn 2012;6(4):23-26.   abstract objective hypothyroidism may be an exacerbating factor for  primary headaches and migraine is one of the most common primary headaches in childhood. thepurpose of this study wa...

one of the most preventable causes of mental and growth retardation is congenital hypothyroidism (ch). this study tries to investigate growth and mental outcome of patients with ch. since november 2006 and november 2007 in guilan province, north of iran, all neonates who were diagnosed with ch, evaluated for etiology of ch by laboratory follow up, thyroid sonography or scan. growth and developm...

conclusions high tc, tg and vldl were observed in our patients with sch. objectives the aim of this study was to assess differences in lipid profile parameters between subjects with and without sch in a north indian population. patients and methods serum lipid parameters of 70 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and 100 age and sex matched euthyroid controls were evaluated in a cross-secti...

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine diseases. More than 99% all cases hypothyroidism in adults are due to primary hypothyroidism. Most often, develops because chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, as well after medical manipulations (iatrogenic hypothyroidism) — postoperative or a result therapy with radioactive iodine. The article presents draft clinical guidelines for diagnosis and t...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : many patients using warfarin may be at risk of international normalized ratio fluctuations. this may cause severe massive gastrointestinal or cerebral bleeding. subclinical hypothyroidism in our population is highly prevalent (range from 3.1% to 8.4% for males and females respectively). overt hypothyroidism di...

In babies with congenital hypothyroidism, goiter and respiratory distress (due to upper airway compression/hypothyroidism) are rarely encountered as the first presenting signs. Computerized Tomography of neck revealed enlargement all thyroid gland lobes further laboratory hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormone replacement therapy was initiated early, which resulted in a significant reduction regressio...