What are the causes of elevated TSH in a newborn?

dc.contributor.author	Rowland, Kathleen	eng
dc.contributor.author	Crotteau, Charles A.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Kovach, Fran E.	eng
dc.date.issued	2008	eng
dc.description.abstract	Congenital hypothyroidism is a critical cause of elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in newborns; evaluate all neonates with an elevated TSH for congenital hypothyroidism (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A). Other causes of an elevated TSH include transient hypothyroidism due to neonatal illness, prematurity, iodine excess or deficiency, and maternal medication or maternal thyroid disease.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3814	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2008 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 57, no. 03 (March 2008): 185-187.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	hypothyroidism	eng
dc.subject	developmental delay	eng
dc.subject	Graves disease	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Congenital hypothyroidism	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Thyrotropin	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Hypothyroidism in children	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Newborn infants -- Diseases	eng
dc.title	What are the causes of elevated TSH in a newborn?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2008
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