title: Intractable neonatal seizures: an unusual presentation of congenital hypothyroidism.
abstract: Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common treatable cause of mental retardation. We report an unusual case of congenital hypothyroidism presenting as intractable seizures in an infant delivered to a mother known to have autoimmune hypothyroidism and who was noncompliant with therapy. To our knowledge, this rare presentation of congenital hypothyroidism has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cooper University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sutsko
authors.forename: Ieva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Braziuniene
authors.forename: Judy G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Saslow
authors.forename: Nosrat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Razi
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amendolia
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: Zubair H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Aghai
mesh_terms: D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*