Abstract
The newborn committee of the American Thyroid Association recommends establishment and expansion of screening programs for congenital hypothyroidism because of the high frequency of the disease (1/5000 to 1/6000 births), the difficulty in making a clinical diagnosis and the fact that the disease is easily curable. The regional approach for such a program is recommended, and the Quebec experience with measurement of thyronine and thyrotropin concentrations by means of filter-paper blood spots can serve as a model.
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