[Newborn mass screening for congenital hypothyroidism in Gdańsk region].
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.
Kamińska
Halina
H
Korpal-Szczyrska
Maria
M
Dorant
Bohdana
B
Birkholz
Dorota
D
Bitel
Larisa
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