Effects of neonatal screening for hypothyroidism: prevention of mental retardation by treatment before clinical manifestations. New England congenital hypothyroidism collaborative

Lancet. 1981 Nov 14;2(8255):1095-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / therapy
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
  • Intellectual Disability / prevention & control*
  • Mass Screening
  • New England
  • Stanford-Binet Test
  • Thyrotropin / blood
  • Thyroxine / blood

Substances

  • Thyrotropin
  • Thyroxine