Screening of congenital hypothyroidism in preterm, low birth weight and very low birth weight neonates: A systematic review

• Glavni autori: Mahin Hashemipour (Autor), Silva Hovsepian (Autor), Arman Ansari (Autor), Mojtaba Keikha (Autor), Pooyan Khalighinejad (Autor), Negar Niknam (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Evidence from different screening programs indicated that the rate of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) was higher in pre-term and low-birth-weight (LBW) newborns than normal ones. Incomplete development of hypothalamic-pituitary axis in this group of neonates results in the delayed rise of TSH and mis...