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Variation by ethnicity in the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2011
Stoppa-Vaucher Sophie, Van Vliet Guy, Deladoëy Johnny
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The scant data on ethnic differences in the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) have generally not taken etiology of CH into account. Our hypothesis is that the prevalence of CH due to thyroid dysgenesis (TD) varies by ethnicity. METHODS: This case-control study included all patients with CH due to TD (a condition of unknown origin) or to dyshormonogenesis (DH, of known autosomal recessive...
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