Thyroid gland disorders in African children

Although endocrine disorders are uncommon in black African children, thyroid gland disorders made up 37 percent of all types of 27 endocrine disorders seen at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria over a five-year period. The age range of the children was four months to 14 years. Diagnoses la...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the National Medical Association 1979-02, Vol.71 (2), p.139-141
Main Authors: Laditan, A A, Johnson, A O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Nigeria
Original Communications
Thyroid Diseases - epidemiology
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Although endocrine disorders are uncommon in black African children, thyroid gland disorders made up 37 percent of all types of 27 endocrine disorders seen at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria over a five-year period. The age range of the children was four months to 14 years. Diagnoses largely depended on clinical acumen and a few simple laboratory tests. Even the patients with congenital thyroid gland disorders tended to present late with florid classical clinical features, including disturbances of physical and mental development.
ISSN:0027-9684