Gender disparities in screening for congenital hypothyroidism using thyroxine as a primary screen.

CONCLUSIONS: Natural differences in thyroid hormone levels in male and female infants leads to male infants being disproportionately represented in the false positive category.
PMID: 29945892 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: European Journal of Endocrinology - June 26, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Authors: DeMartino L, McMahon R, Caggana M, Tavakoli NP Tags: Eur J Endocrinol Source Type: research