Through its actions on regulatory genes that form, grow and sculpt the brain, thyroid
hormone (TH) is essential for human brain development. Although much of what we know …

Objective Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) is a common cause of preventable mental
retardation, and the quantification of intellectual disability due to CHT is needed to assess …

Education is one of the most important aspects of human resource development. Poor
school performance not only results in the child having a low self-esteem, but also causes …

Amiodarone, a benzofuranic derivative, iodine-rich drug, has been used in pregnancy for
either maternal or fetal tachyarrhythmias. Amiodarone, its main metabolite …

Objective. To describe intellectual, motor, and school-associated outcome in young adults
with early treated congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and to study the association between long …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the influence of initial and postinitial treatment factors on
cognitive, psychomotor, and psychological outcome in schoolchildren with congenital …

Because thyroid hormone is essential for normal brain development, children born with
congenital hypothyroidism who lack thyroid hormone during a circumscribed period of early …

To determine the effects of hypothyroidism and hormonal patterns on outcome, we tested 65
7-to 12-year-old children with congenital hypothyroidism using standardized tests of …

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a neonatal disorder that is caused by a prolonged loss of
thyroid hormone, which is essential for early brain development. While CH was once the …

Screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) dramatically improved the
neuropsychological prognosis in affected children. However, mild impairments in cognitive …