| A Case of Congenital Cretinism |
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Doo Young Lee, Seoung soo Kim, Charles G Tabor, Chong Young Lee |
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Wallace Memorial Beptist Hospital Pusan，Korea |
| 先天性 甲狀腺 機能低下症의 1例 |
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李斗榮, 金成洙, 차태부, 李鐘英 |
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金山왈레스記念浸禮病院 |
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| Abstract |
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A case of congenital creinism in a 2 year 6 month old female is reported after treatment with
dessicated thyroid for 8 months.
Congenital cretinism is rare in Korea.
1) This case revealed fully developed clinical mainfestations of congenital hypothyroidism.
2) The amount of thyroid was adjusted by checking the T4 every months.
3) During treatment disappearance of an umbilical hernia (1 week), appearance of social smile
(2 weeks), eruption of lower central incisor (1 1/2 months), eruption of upper central incisor (3months),
sitting alone (3 months), alertness:(3 months) and reduction of tongue size (3 months) was noticed.
4) After treatment for 8 months, height increased 19 cm, weight increased 2, 900 gm, head
circumference increased 5.5 cm and chest circumfarence increased 5.5 cm.
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