Congenital hypothyroidism and neonatal withdrawal syndrome.
We describe a neonate born of drug dependent parents. This observation documents the variability of expression in the neonatal abstinence syndrome and the interaction with an additional disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The neonatal abstinence syndrome was masked by congenital hypothyroidism until thyroxine treatment had normalised cellular metabolism.
Department of Paediatrics, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009357:Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome / Q000150:complications*