Open AccessScreening of Congenital Hypothyroidism in North-East Romania. Benefits and Messages for Further Improvement
Author(s) -
Dana-Teodora Anton-Păduraru,
Ştefana Bilhă,
Egidia Miftode,
Maria Liliana Iliescu,
L Leustean,
Maria-Christina Ungureanu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta endocrinologica (bucharest)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1843-066X
pISSN - 1841-0987
DOI - 10.4183/aeb.2020.437
Subject(s) - congenital hypothyroidism , medicine , thyroid , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , heel , newborn screening , obstetrics , anatomy
If not diagnosed at birth, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) can cause deleterious, irreversible neurodevelopmental sequels. The importance of thyroid newborn screening (NBS) is therefore well established.
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