Open AccessAntithyroid Antibodies and Thyroid Dysfunction in Saudi Children with Down Syndrome
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ahmed Abdullah,
Hussein Salman,
Sulaiman Al-Habib,
A. M. Ghareeb,
Ahmed Abanamy
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.5144/0256-4947.1994.283
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid dysfunction , antibody , thyroid , pediatrics , antithyroid drugs , anti thyroid autoantibodies , antithyroid agent , graves' disease , autoantibody , immunology
Fifty children (ages seven months to nine years) with Down syndrome compared with age and sex matched controls were tested for antithyroid antibodies. Seven (14%) of the Down group were found to b seropositive; six (12%) for antimicrosomal antibodies; three for both antimicrosomal and antithyroglobulin; none was positive for antithyroglobulin alone. All the control group were seronegative and had no clinical evidence of thyroid disease. Three (6%) of the Down group had hypothyroidism, two due to autoimmune thyroiditis and one had disease. Thyroid dysfunction was not previously suspected in the two symptomatic children. In view of our findings, recommendations are made to regularly screen these children for autoantibdies and evidence of thyroid dysfuntion.