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Endocrine System Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Congenital Hypothyroidism
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Congenital Hypothyroidism
Endocrine System Diseases > Thyroid Diseases > Hypothyroidism > Congenital Hypothyroidism
Endocrine System Diseases > Dwarfism > Congenital Hypothyroidism
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Dwarfism > Congenital Hypothyroidism
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Dwarfism > Congenital Hypothyroidism

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Congenital Hypothyroidism  

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  • Cretinism

Scope note

  • A condition in infancy or early childhood due to an in-utero deficiency of THYROID HORMONES that can be caused by genetic or environmental factors, such as thyroid dysgenesis or HYPOTHYROIDISM in infants of mothers treated with THIOURACIL during pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is the result of iodine deficiency. Clinical symptoms include severe MENTAL RETARDATION, impaired skeletal development, short stature, and MYXEDEMA.

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  • 2006 (1966)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003409

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