Diseases

Congenital Hypothyroidism

A condition in infancy or early childhood due to an in-utero deficiency of THYROID HORMONES that can be caused by genetic or environmental factors, such as thyroid dysgenesis or HYPOTHYROIDISM in infants of mothers treated with THIOURACIL during pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is the result of iodine deficiency. Clinical symptoms include severe MENTAL RETARDATION, impaired skeletal development, short stature, and MYXEDEMA.

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A condition in infancy or early childhood due to an in-utero deficiency of THYROID HORMONES that can be caused by genetic or environmental factors, such as thyroid dysgenesis or HYPOTHYROIDISM in infants of mothers treated with THIOURACIL during pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is the result of iodine deficiency. Clinical symptoms include severe MENTAL RETARDATION, impaired skeletal development, short stature, and MYXEDEMA.

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  • Cretinism
  • Hypothyroidism, Congenital
  • Endemic Cretinism
  • Fetal Iodine Deficiency Disorder
  • Myxedema, Congenital
  • Cretinism, Endemic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2006 (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Congenital Hypothyroidism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003409. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003409
  2. Congenital Hypothyroidism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_hypothyroidism
  3. Congenital Hypothyroidism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531012