Thyroid Research Thyroid Research Archive Congenital

Congenital Hypothyroidism

March 2004

• Mutations in a thyroid hormone–transport molecule cause neurologic and thyroid abnormalities

• Thyroid radioiodine imaging is superior to ultrasonography in determining the cause of congenital hypothyroidism

• Hypothyroidism can occur in infants of mothers with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves’ disease during pregnancy

March 2003

• Mutations in Pendred's syndrome result in abnormal localization of the gene product in thyroid cells

November 2002

• Monozygotic twins are rarely concordant for congenital hypothyroidism

July 2002

• Breast milk contains too little thyroid hormone to raise plasma thyroid hormone concentrations in preterm infants

March 2002

• School achievement is reduced in children with congenital hyperthyroidism if it is severe and treatment is inadequate

• Severe hypothyroidism and slow onset of adequate treatment are associated with learning and memory deficits in children with congenital hypothyroidism

Archive of Thyroid Research

• Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Drug Effects on Thyroid Function
• Graves' Disease
• Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Iodine Deficiency
• Nodular Goiter
• Nonthyroidal Illness
• Postpartum Thyroid Disease
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Development
• Thyroid Diagnosis
• Thyroid Disease
• Thyroid Function in Pregnancy
• Hormone Action
• Hormone Secretion
• Hormone Therapy
• Thyroid Surgery
• Thyroiditis