Two Children with Cerebral Gigantism and Congenital Primary Hypothyroidism
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- Vol. 23 (2) , 242-246
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1981.tb02448.x
Abstract
Two children are described in whom congenital primary hypothyroidism was associated with excessive growth during early childhood and who had typical morphological features of cerebral gigantism. One child was completely athyreotic. This association has been described previously in only one other child.Keywords
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