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Atipicidad en el hipotiroidismo congénito: síndrome de Kocher-Debré-Semelaigne. Reporte de caso

El síndrome de Kocher Debré Semelaigne (SKDS) se describe dentro de las formas clínicas atípicas asociadas al hipotiroidismo congénito (HC) severo, no tratado y de larga evolución, con manifestaciones de pseudohipertrofia muscular difusa y debilidad muscular predominantemente proximal, reversible a...

Adhesion to treatment by children with congenital hypothyroidism: knowledge of caregivers in bahia state, brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate knowledge of caregivers of children with congenital hypothyroidism (CH), followed in a public reference service, as well as their associations with treatment adherence. Methods: Exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study with convenience sample. Medical records...

Neonatal screening: 9% of children with filter paper thyroid-stimulating hormone levels between 5 and 10 µIU/mL have congenital hypothyroidism

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (6), 2017
Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in children with filter-paper blood-spot TSH (b-TSH) between 5 and 10 µIU/mL in the neonatal screening. Methods: This was a retrospective study including children screened from 2003 to 2010, with b-TSH levels between 5 and 1...

Timing of thyroid ultrasonography in the etiological investigation of congenital hypothyroidism

ABSTRACT Objectives To describe the findings of thyroid ultrasonography (T-US), its contribution to diagnose congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and the best time to perform it. Subjects and methods Forty-four patients with CH were invited to undergo T-US and 41 accepted. Age ranged from 2 months to 45 ye...