Abstract
Transient congenital hypothyroidism (TCH) was detected in 6 of 35,067 newborns (1:5845 births) screened in Iran. Antithyroglobulin antibodies positivity was present in 4 of 6 (66.7%) of those with TCH and in 6 of 106 (5.7%) of those with "transient hyperthyrotropinemia and normal" diagnoses (P = .0005), but positivity was similar in newborns with transient hyperthyrotropinemia versus normal neonates (P = .397).
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Autoantibodies / blood*
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Cohort Studies
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Congenital Hypothyroidism / diagnosis*
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Congenital Hypothyroidism / epidemiology*
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Neonatal Screening
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
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Pregnancy Complications / immunology*
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Probability
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Receptors, Thyrotropin / blood
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Risk Assessment
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Statistics, Nonparametric
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Thyroid Function Tests
Substances
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Autoantibodies
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Receptors, Thyrotropin
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anti-thyroglobulin