Evaluation of the developmental outcome in children with congenital hypothyroidism

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common endocrine diseases and one of the major causes of mental retardation in children. So we aimed to evaluate the developmental outcome of children with CH. This case-control study was performed on two 3-6-year-old groups of 100 patients. The case...

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Published in:Caspian journal of internal medicine 2021-04, Vol.12 (3), p.315-322
Main Authors: Ehsani, Razieh, Alijanpour, Morteza, Salehiomran, Mohammadreza, Kheirkhah, Farzan, Moslemi, Leila, Aghajanpour, Faeze
Format: Article
Language:English
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congenital hypothyroidism
denver developmental screening test ii
developmental outcome
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pediatrics
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Summary:Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common endocrine diseases and one of the major causes of mental retardation in children. So we aimed to evaluate the developmental outcome of children with CH. This case-control study was performed on two 3-6-year-old groups of 100 patients. The case group was children with CH, referred to Endocrine Clinic of Amirkola Children's Hospital (2011-2017) and the control group was healthy children and normal from other states. The Denver developmental screening test-II (DDST_II) was used to assess the developmental factors and disorders in four areas of gross motor, fine motor, personal-social and language. Data were analyzed by SPSS 21 using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi-square, and a p
ISSN:2008-6164
2008-6172
DOI:10.22088/cjim.12.3.315