title: Prevalence of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Northern Border Region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
abstract: This retrospective study was done to assess the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism among children born in Arar city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during years 2008 to 2014. Data were collected from newborns registry in Central hospital. The prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism was 2.6 per 10,000 live births with no gender difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and $Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University and #Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital Ministry of Health, Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). amaabukanna63@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Shehab A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Alenazi
authors.forename: Sawsan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.forename: Hassan T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Amer A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Balla
authors.forename: Abdelrahman M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abukanna
mesh_terms: D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology