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Congenital hypothyroidism due to ectopic sublingual thyroid gland in Prader-Willi Syndrome: a case report

BACKGROUND: Thyroid gland disorders are variably associated with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). Many of the clinical features in newborns with PWS are similar to those found in congenital hypothyroidism (CH). CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a girl with CH and PWS. At the age of 9 months CH caus...

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Autores principales: Bocchini, Sarah, Fintini, Danilo, Grugni, Graziano, Boiani, Arianna, Convertino, Alessio, Crinò, Antonino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28938886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-017-0403-7