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Hypothyroidism in Down's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chinta Mani
Chinta Mani*
Affiliation:
Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland, Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Abstract

Fifty-five adult Down's syndrome subjects resident at Northgate Hospital were screened for the presence of thyroid dysfunction. Approximately 50% of the subjects had clinical features suggestive of hypothyroidism, sufficient to require thyroid-function tests. Twenty-two per cent of the total suffered from some degree of hypothyroidism, and 16% had positive antibodies to thyroid tissue.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 102 - 104
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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