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Screening for congenital hypothyroidism: A worldwide view of strategies
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Detection by newborn screening (NBS) and treatment of babies with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has largely eliminated the intellectual disability caused by this disorder. Lowering of the screening TSH cutoff and changes in birth demographics have been associated with an approximate doubling of the incidence of CH, from 1:3500 to 1:1714. The additional cases detected by lowering of the TSH cutoff tend to have milder hypothyroidism, with imaging often demonstrating a eutopic, "gland in-situ", and some cases turn out to have transient CH. Based on our search for current screening programs, approximately 71 percent of babies worldwide are not born in an area with an established NBS program, despite the existence of screening for over five decades in developed countries. Thus, the majority of babies with CH worldwide are not detected and treated early, such that the economic burden of retardation owing to CH remains a significant public health challenge.
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- Authors
- Ford, G., & LaFranchi, S. H.
- Affiliations
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Corresponding author
- LaFranchi, Stephen H.
- Venue
- Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 175-187
- ISSN
- 1521-690X (ISSN-L)
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- W2040203752
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- 1.47
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Keywords
- congenital hypothyroidism, newborn screening, screening incidence, intellectual disability, transient hypothyroidism, screening coverage, thyroid imaging
- MeSH terms
- Cost-Benefit Analysis, Congenital Hypothyroidism, Developing Countries, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intellectual Disability, Thyrotropin, Thyroxine, Incidence, Neonatal Screening
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