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Hypothyroidism in children with mongolism

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Two children with mongolism, aged 10 months and 3 years, from North India, belonging to areas non-endemic for goitre, were found to have coexistent hypothyroidism. No thyroid antibodies were demonstrated (employing the tanned red cell agglutination technique) in the propositii and their parents.

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    Ishwar C. Verma & O. P. Ghai

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From the Department of Pediatrics, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New-Delhi-16.

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Verma, I.C., Ghai, O.P. Hypothyroidism in children with mongolism. Indian J Pediatr 38, 229–232 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823658

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