Neonatal screening and a new cause of congenital central hypothyroidism

Congenital central hypothyroidism (C-CH) is a rare disease in which thyroid hormone deficiency is caused by insufficient thyrotropin (TSH) stimulation of a normally-located thyroid gland. Most patients with C-CH have low free thyroxine levels and inappropriately low or normal TSH levels, although a...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro Tajima, Akie Nakamura, Shuntaro Morikawa, Katsura Ishizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2014-09-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
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Online Access:http://e-apem.org/upload/pdf/apem-19-117.pdf