OBJECTIVE: To review the screening program for @entity6750 in the Riyadh Al-Kharj Hospital Programme, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to investigate the clinical and biochemical characteristics of affected @entity1 . METHODS: The study was carried out from 1985 to 2000 in the Clinical Chemistry Division, Department of Pathology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Laboratory data and case notes of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity6750 were used to supply the relevant data and information. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-one thousand, four hundred and four @entity1 were screened over a period of nearly 15 years. The overall incidence of @entity6750 was 1:2759 live births with a female: male ratio of 1.8:1. The incidence in a rural satellite hospital was 1:1538. No seasonal variation was observed. Apart from @entity1087 , signs and symptoms of @entity6750 were rarely present in the neonatal period. The neonatal and maternal parameters of affected @entity1 did not differ significantly from those of other @entity1 . The predominant cause of @entity6750 was athyreosis (45%), followed by @entity1374 (24%) and dyshormonogenesis (17%). The mean age at the start of treatment of @entity1 diagnosed in the screening program was 10.3 days. CONCLUSION: The screening program based on initial measurement of thyroid stimulating hormone in cord blood captures 97% of @entity1 born in the Riyadh Al-Kharj Hospital Programme. The incidence of @entity6750 was 1:2759 live births with a female:male ratio of nearly 2:1. @entity6750 @entity1 had similar neonatal parameters as other @entity1 . No seasonality in the incidence of @entity6750 was observed. In general, affected @entity1 were started on @entity1955 very soon after birth.

Screening for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['infants'] @entity1087 :: ('MESH:D007565', 'Disease') :: ['jaundice'] @entity1955 :: ('MESH:D013974', 'Chemical') :: ['thyroxine'] @entity6750 :: ('MESH:D003409', 'Disease') :: ['Congenital hypothyroidism', 'congenital hypothyroidism'] @entity1374 :: ('MESH:D013959', 'Disease') :: ['thyroid ectopia']
@entity6750 :: (MESH:D003409,Disease) :: ['congenital hypothyroidism']
