Slide 1 Chatin and goiter prophylaxis in France The French chemist Chatin was the first to publish, in 1851, the hypothesis that iodine deficiency was the cause of goiter.…

Abstract Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) occurs in approximately 1:2,000 to 1:4,000 newborns. The clinical manifestations are often subtle or not present at birth. This likely…

Slide 1 Slide 2 THYROID DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: TREATING TWO PATIENTS Susan J. Mandel, MD MPH Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Slide 3 Outline Background…

THYROID DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: TREATING TWO PATIENTS Susan J. Mandel, MD MPH Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Outline Background Importance of thyroid…

REVIEW Open Access Congenital hypothyroidism Maynika V Rastogi†, Stephen H LaFranchi*† Abstract Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) occurs in approximately 1:2,000 to 1:4,000…