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Title: | Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism in North Macedonia: data from a newborn screening program conducted for twenty years | Authors: | Anastasovska, Violeta Peshevska, Milica Zdraveska, Nikolina Zafirova, Biljana Jovcevska Meceska, Jasmina Kochova, Mirjana |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Turkish National Pediatric Society, Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health, and The International Children's Center | Journal: | The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics | Abstract: | Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a common endocrine disorder that can be treated if timely detected by newborn screening, optimizing the developmental outcome in affected children. In the present study, we analyze the data of the national newborn thyroid screening program in North Macedonia collected over twenty years, including the CH prevalence as well as its geographical and ethnic variations. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/27222 | ISSN: | 0041-4301 | DOI: | 10.24953/turkjped.2022.594 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine: Journal Articles |
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