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Congenital hypothyroidism is almost the ideal model suited for a mass screening program. If untreated, the disease leads to irrecuperable mental and physical retardation (Raiti and Newns 1971; Klein et al. 1972); early diagnosis is difficult because of the subtle clinical signs. The incidence was thought to be important (1:5000 to 1:10 000 births) (Kenney et al. 1975), and treatment with synthetic thyroid hormones is available. Thus, one had only to develop the methodology to insure early diagnosis of the disease.
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Dussault, J.H., Letarte, J., Guyda, H. (1980). Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: 4 Years of Experience. In: Bickel, H., Guthrie, R., Hammersen, G. (eds) Neonatal Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67488-4_15
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