Investigation of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Newborns and Children at University Children's Hospital in Damascus
published by Aِl-Baath University
in 2018
in Pharmacy
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
The aim of this study is to collect more information about
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Syria due to it being one of the
most common causes of preventable mental retardation if detected
at early stage and treatment is preventable, and to the absence of any
published statistics regarding it in our country, and to emphasize on
the necessity of applying a mandatory newborn screening program
for early diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism to improvement of
child’s life, by investigating the adequacy of the clinical
determination the physician's experience to get an early diagnosis.
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