RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recommendations for screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism: Newborn Committee of the American Thyroid Association
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 631
OP 632
VO 116
IS 6
YR 1977
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/116/6/631.abstract
AB The newborn committee of the American Thyroid Association recommends establishment and expansion of screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism because of the high frequency of the disease (1/5000 to 1/6000 births), the difficulty in making a clinical diagnosis and the fact that the disease is easily curable. The regional approach for such a program is recommended, and the Quebec experience with measurement of thyronine and thyrotropin concentrations by means of filter-paper blood spots can serve as a model.