title: Different measurements of thyroid function in hypothyroid infants diagnosed by screening.
abstract: Different measurements of thyroid function including I123 thyroid scanning were performed in 16 hypothyroid infants diagnosed by a TSH screening project. These results were then related to the clinical presentation and the bone age. Although T3 levels were preferentially maintained, it was the best single measure of the severity of hypothyroidism. Thyroglobulin may have a role in the diagnosis of athyrosis. Scanning showed that athyrosis was uncommon (12.5%) but an ectopic gland occurred in 40%, and accounts for many of the less severly affected cases found on screening. Some of these measurements may have prognostic significance.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins; D013972:Thyrotropin