Juana B Romero, Gerardo C Palacios, Noemí Gómez, Amalia Silva, José H Fabela
BACKGROUND: In Mexico, the congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a public health problem that has a national incidence ranging from 1:1951 to 1:2458 live births. It is the main endocrine cause of mental retardation. The objective was to evaluate the intelligence coefficient (IQ) of patients with CH using the Wechsler Scale (WS) and to correlate the degree of involvement with its etiology. METHODS: We included patients with CH diagnosed by neonatal screening and treated by who attended the test of Wechsler...
March 2011: Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social