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A retrospective study on patients with congenital hypothyroidism was undertaken. The following
results were obtained from 17 patients, on whom follow up investigations were available.
1) Males outnumbered females. The etiologic classification revealed: thyroid agenesis (64.7%),
dyshormonogenesis (23.5%), and ectopic thyroid (11.8%).
2) In two-thirds of cases the diagnosis were made under 1 year of age, with 23.5% of cases
being diagnoses below 3 month and 41.2%... |
