Elsevier

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volume 81, Issue 5, November 1972, Pages 912-915
The Journal of Pediatrics

Original article
Improved prognosis in congenital bypothyroidism treated before age three months*

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The relationship between age at beginning therapy and subsequent intelligence quotient was studied in 31 patients with congenital hypothyroidism. Those patients treated before three months of age had a significantly higher average I.Q. than those treated after three months. Because the clinical symptomatology before three months of age is often obscure, and the diagnosis is often missed, a neonatal screening program could be beneficial.

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Supported in part by United States Public Health Service Grants Nos. FR 05507, FR 05416, and RR 84, The Renziehausen Fund.

Presented in part at the meeting of the American Pediatric Society, Atlantic City, N. J., April 29 to May 1, 1971.

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