title: Congenital Hypothyroidism Screening with Umbilical Cord Blood: Retrospective Analysis.
abstract: Incidence of congenital hypothyroidism varies across countries and different geographic regions. A retrospective analysis of cord blood thyroid stimulating hormone values, and their subsequent follow-up, was done in a tertiary-care center in Kerala, India. Congenital hypothyroidism was found at the rate of 1 in 244, which is higher than reported incidence from other centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut, Kerala, India. amr2003in@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: Preetha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Divia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nath
mesh_terms: D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies