J Korean Pediatr Soc.
1980 Jul;23(7):550-556.
Congenital Hypothyroidism
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- We made a clinical observation of 17 cases of congenital Hypothyroidism at the Pediatric department of Yonsei University hospital in Seoul, Korea during the period from January, 1969 to August, 1979. The results were as followings : 1) Male to female sex was about 1 : 1.1, and 6 cases (35%) of congenital hypothyroid-sm were diagnosed under 1 year old. 2) In etiological classificattion, aplastic or hypoplastic glands was 7 cases (41.2%) and normal or enlarged gland, 6 cases (35.3%) and ectopic thyroid tissue, 4 cases (23.5%). 3) In all cases, height and bone age retarded below normal range. 4) All cases were improved slightly after receiving dessicated thyroid and sodium-1 thyroxin therapy. Three cases had regalned normal growth and development after 6 months of treatment.
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