NEONATAL
HYPERTHYROIDISM
, DEFINITION
Neonatal hyperthyroidism has an incidence of 1 in every
50,000 newborns. Most of these cases are caused by
Graves Disease in the mother.
This is usually transient and can be confirmed by the
presence of antibodies in the mother and child.
HYPERTHYROIDISM
, DEFINITION
Neonatal hyperthyroidism has an incidence of 1 in every
50,000 newborns. Most of these cases are caused by
Graves Disease in the mother.
This is usually transient and can be confirmed by the
presence of antibodies in the mother and child.