[Tc]-99m thyroid scintigraphy in more than 210 cases of permanent congenital hypothyroidism and its correlation with the 1st diagnostic serum thyrotropin.
CONCLUSIONS: more than 40% of PCH subjects are caused by dyshormonogenesis in Iran. Having a TSH≥40mU/L after the first week of life significantly raises the probability of thyroid agenesis/dysgenesis as the cause.
PMID: 30450534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endokrynologia Polska - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Aminzadeh M Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research
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