[Treatment of neonatal hypothyroidism. Comparative effects of levothyroxine and thyroid extracts].
The authors compare the effects of treatment with thyroid extracts and levothyroxine on T3, T4 and TSH levels in 2 groups of 8 hypothyroid infants. Serum TSH levels were lower in infants receiving thyroid extracts on and after the 15th day. The interest of a treatment associating T4 and T3 and of adapted doses of LT4 is discussed.
D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D013974:Thyroxine
Traitement de l'hypothyroïdie néonatale. Effets comparés de la lévothyroxine et des extraits thyroïdiens.