Diagnosis and follow-up of patients with congenital hypothyroidism detected by neonatal screening

• Main Authors: Amparo Rodríguez Sánchez (Author), María J. Chueca Guindulain (Author), María Alija Merillas (Author), Susana Ares Segura (Author), José Carlos Moreno Navarro (Author), María Dolores Rodríguez Arnao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The screening programme of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is probably one of the best achievements in paediatrics. Thyroid hormones are essential for brain development and brain maturation that continue through the neonatal period. Hypothyroidism that begins in the first months of life causes irreve...