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Newborn Screening for Thyroid-stimulating Hormone as an Indicator for Assessment of Iodine Status in the Republic of Macedonia

BACKGROUND: Iodine deficiency is associated with goiter and impaired brain function leading to cretinism. An increased frequency of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) measurements above 5 mlU/L on newborn screening points toward an impaired iodine status of the population. METHODS: A 13-year retrospe...

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Autores principales: Anastasovska, Violeta, Kocova, Mirjana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28670190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jomb-2016-0023

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