Abstract
An infant with neonatal thyrotoxicosis was born to a mother who had become euthyroid after subtotal thyroidectomy for Graves' disease. Exchange transfusion resulted in a 50% decrease of serum thyroxine levels and thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins. After 10 days mild thyrotoxic signs reappeared with high serum thyroxine levels, which were treated succesfully with Lugol's iodine for 4 weeks. TSI was undetectable at 7 weeks of age. TSI was present in breast milk.
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Abbreviations
- TSI:
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thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins
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Wit, J.M., Gerards, L.J., Vermeulen-Meiners, C. et al. Neonatal thyrotoxicosis treated with exchange transfusion and Lugol's iodine. Eur J Pediatr 143, 317–319 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442312
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