Screening of Newborns for Congenital Hypothyroidism. Guidance for Developing Programmes
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Author(s): B.L. Therrell, C. David-Padilla
Publisher: IAEA
ISBN: 9201099053
Format: softback
122pp
Price: €40
Review Date: 26 March 2006
Review: Congenital Hypothyroidism, if untreated, results in newborn babies suffering from mental retardation and growth deficiency. It also results in a social and economic burden on the society the child grows up in. For these reasons many countries have implemented screening of newborns to test for this condition. The aim of this book is to assist developing countries to implement screening of newborns for the condition of congenital hypothyroidism and offers guidance in the assessing the quality of the system when in place.