Open AccessResults of neonatal screening for congenital hypothyrosis in the Moscow region
Author(s) -
С. Г. Калиненкова,
В. Г. Помелова
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11729
Subject(s) - congenital hypothyroidism , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , epidemiology , iodine deficiency , medicine , newborn screening , thyroid , mathematics , geometry
A total of 211418 (87.3%) neonates bom in the Moscow Region in 1991, 1995-1998 were examined for infantile hypothyroidism (111) using Delfia Finnish kits within the framework of the Federal program of mass-screening for 1H. Incidence of transitory hypothyroidism and /Н was 1:1699 and 1:5621, respectively. Mean frequency of retests was 2.98%>, 90% of them being cases of moderate hyperthyrotropinemia with the hormone level up to 50 microIU/ml. Epidemiological findings of mass screening provide evidence on moredate iodine deficiency in the Moscow region.