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. 1992 Jul;67(7):944–947. doi: 10.1136/adc.67.7.944

Transient hypothyroxinaemia associated with developmental delay in very preterm infants.

W J Meijer 1, S P Verloove-Vanhorick 1, R Brand 1, J L van den Brande 1
PMCID: PMC1793825  PMID: 1381573

Abstract

In 563 surviving very preterm (less than 32 weeks gestational age) and/or very low birthweight (less than 1500 g) infants the relationship between neonatal thyroxine concentration and psychomotor development at 2 years of age (corrected for preterm birth) was studied. A significant association was found between low neonatal thyroxine concentration and a negative score on the three milestones of development. These findings do not support the view that transient hypothyroxinaemia in preterm infants is harmless.

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