A cross sectional study on the thyroid profile of neonates born to hypothyroid mothers in a tertiary care centre in Chennai
Title
A cross sectional study on the thyroid profile of neonates born to hypothyroid mothers in a tertiary care centre in Chennai
Authors
Dr. P.Gunasundari | Dr. Muralidharan Sathyamoorthy
Keywords
Congenital neonatal hypthyroidism | New borns
Publication Details
Volume: 5; Issue: 10; Oct-2019 | ISSN: 2454-5422
Abstract
Retrospective study was done to estimate the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH)
among new born babies born to hypothyroid mothers on thyroxine in ACS Medical College
& Hospital. Datas were collected from the case sheets in medical record department. The
prevalence of CH was 1 in 2500 live births with no gender difference.
