title: Recommendations for screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism: Newborn Committee of the American Thyroid Association.
abstract: The newborn committee of the American Thyroid Association recommends establishment and expansion of screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism because of the high frequency of the disease (1/5000 to 1/6000 births), the difficulty in making a clinical diagnosis and the fact that the disease is easily curable. The regional approach for such a program is recommended, and the Quebec experience with measurement of thyronine and thyrotropin concentrations by means of filter-paper blood spots can serve as a model.
mesh_terms: D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine