Antenatal Thyroid Screening and Childhood Cognitive Function

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Authors

John H. Lazarus · University of Wales

Jonathan P. Bestwick · Queen Mary University of London

Sue Channon · St David's Medical Center

Ruth Paradice · St David's Medical Center

Aldo Maina · Ospedale Regina Margherita

Rhian Rees

Elisabetta Chiusano · Ospedale Regina Margherita

Abstract

Antenatal screening (at a median gestational age of 12 weeks 3 days) and maternal treatment for hypothyroidism did not result in improved cognitive function in children at 3 years of age. (Funded by the Wellcome Trust UK and Compagnia di San Paulo, Turin; Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN46178175.).

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 366, Issue 6, pp. 493-501

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1106104

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