Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: All neonates should be screened for congenital hypothyroidism in the first week of their lives. To evaluate the reliability of thyroid function tests in neonates who undergo exchange transfusion (ET), we decided to study the alteration of thyroid hormones after ET in term neonates.Method: From April 2001 to August 2001, eighteen full term neonates (gestation age > 37 weeks) undergoing ET due to hyperbilirubinemia at neonatal wards of Al-Zahra and Shahid-Beheshti...