Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in France
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 149 (9) , 605-607
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02034742
Abstract
Misdiagnosed cases of congenital-hypothyroidism (CH) during the first 9 years of the French screening program were analysed. A total of 50 cases were missed (3% of total diagnosed) which represents a severe failure of the system. Failures were caused by technical errors of sample collection or TSH assay (n=27) or due to normal TSH (n=22) or T4 (n=1) concentrations in the newborn blood specimens. We conclude that screening methods should be improved and that physicians should remain alert to clinical signs of hypothyroidism.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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