Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in Belgium: a useful indicator for detecting mild iodine deficiency?

It has been proposed that neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations are a good indicator of iodine deficiency in the population. A frequency of neonatal TSH concentrations above 5 mU/L below 3% has been proposed as the threshold indicating iodine sufficiency. The objective of the pre...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Vandevijvere, Wim Coucke, Jean Vanderpas, Caroline Trumpff, Maarten Fauvart, Ann Meulemans, Sandrine Marie, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Roland Schoos, François Boemer, Timothy Vanwynsberghe, Eddy Philips, François Eyskens, Brigitte Wuyts, Valbona Selimaj, Bart Van Overmeire, Christine Kirkpatrick, Herman Van Oyen, Rodrigo Moreno-Reyes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23112844/?tool=EBI