Congenital Hypothyroidism: Space–Time Clustering of Thyroid Dysgenesis Indicates a Role for Environmental Factors in Disease Etiology

Background: The etiology of most cases of congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) due to thyroid dysgenesis (DG) is unknown. If transient environmental factors can impact on thyroid gland development, then clustering of cases in time and/or space may occur, and this would be more likely in thyroid DG than d...

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Autores principales: McNally, Richard J.Q., Jones, Jeremy H., Shaikh, Mohamad Guftar, Donaldson, Malcolm D.C., Blakey, Karen, Cheetham, Tim D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021
Materias:
Thyroid Dysfunction: Hypothyroidism, Thyrotoxicosis, and Thyroid Function Tests
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33183175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2020.0005

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