Neonatal Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism and Primary TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism

摘要

This study was designed to evaluate the quantitation of TSH in cord serum and eluates from blood spotted filter paper specimens as the most sensitive and cost effective screening test to identify infants with primary hypothyroidism. The use of TSH as a single screening test is designed to rapidly identify affected infants with a low false positive recall rate and negligible false negative recall rate.