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TRANSIENT CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN AN INFANT WITH CONGENITAL NEPHROSIS OF FINNISH TYPE
Author(s) -
TRIMARCHI F.,
GEMELLI M.,
BENVENGA S.,
GENOVA R.,
LUCA F. DE
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09684.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrosis , congenital hypothyroidism , congenital nephrotic syndrome , pediatrics , nephrotic syndrome , thyroid , kidney , proteinuria
. Congenital hypothyroidism was detected on routine neonatal screening in an infant with congenital nephrosis of Finnish type and followed up for 3 years. The hypothyroidism was transient; clinical and biochemical signs and symptoms disappeared after a 20‐month period of thyroid replacement therapy and partial improvement of nephrotic symptoms.