title: [Newborn mass screening for congenital hypothyroidism in Gdańsk region].
abstract: Newborn mass screening for congenital hypothyroidism was introduced in the Gdańsk region in 1993. During the period 1993-2001 180708 newborns were screened. The prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism was 1:4203. The prevalence of transient hyperthyrotropinemia before implementation of the program of universal salt iodization was 0.016%, after that 0.003%.The request rate for repeated samples was 0.47% before and 0.24% after salt iodization.
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamińska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korpal-Szczyrska
authors.forename: Bohdana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorant
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birkholz
authors.forename: Larisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bitel