The Role of Neck Ultrasonography and Nuclear Imaging in the Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism

The Role of Neck Ultrasonography and Nuclear Imaging in the Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism

Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common preventable cause of mental retardation, and the two important causes of CH are thyroid dysgenesis and dyshormonogenesis. Thyroid imaging is an integral part of identifying the specific aetiology of CH. We aimed to study the aetiologica...

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Main Authors: Soundararajan Sumathy, Sengottaiyan Palanivel, Kethipalli Nagaraju, Chidambaram N. B. Harisankar, Jeyaraj Ashokraja, Jayachandran Senthilkumar, Palaniyappan Sreenivasan, Subbiah Sridhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
congenital hypothyroidism
dyshormonogenesis
india
mental retardation
newborn thyroid screening
thyroid agenesis
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijem.ijem_7_24
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