Correlating maternal iodine status with neonatal thyroid function in two hospital populations in Ghana: a multicenter cross-sectional pilot study

BACKGROUND: Congenital hypothyroidism is a common, yet easily treatable cause of poor growth and intellectual disability. Newborn screening programs play an important role in the early detection and treatment of congenital hypothyroidism. However, an estimated 71% of children are born in countries s...

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Autores principales: Dei-Tutu, Selorm A., Manful, Adoma, Heimburger, Douglas C., Malechi, Hawa, Moore, Daniel J., Oppong, Samuel A., Russell, William E., Aliyu, Muktar H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6974977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31964362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-1932-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6974977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31964362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-1932-6

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