title: [Neonatal hyperthyroidism: clinical pattern and therapy].
abstract: Neonatal hyperthyroidism is a rare pathology, most often the consequence of Graves' disease in the mother. Around 0.2% of pregnant women have Graves disease and 1 to 2% of newborns of mother with Graves' disease. This article will describe the case of 4 newborns who have been diagnosed and treated in CHU-NDB between 2007 and 2011. The second part will focus on the new recommendations about the management of these young patients from foetal period to birth.
authors.affiliation: Université de Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petignot
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nyamugabo
authors.forename: H Valdes
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Socin
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lebrethon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*