Neurocognitive function in children with compensated hypothyroidism: Lack of short term effects on or off thyroxin

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作者：
Aijaz N.J. [1 ]
Flaherty E.M. [2 ]
Preston T. [3 ,4 ]
Bracken S.S. [2 ]
Lane A.H. [1 ]
Wilson T.A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
[2] Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
[3] Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
[4] St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY
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BMC Endocrine Disorders | / 6卷 / 1期
关键词：
Hypothyroidism; Subclinical Hypothyroidism; Congenital Hypothyroidism; Thyroid Function Test; Neonatal Screening;
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10.1186/1472-6823-6-2
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Background: Although thyroxin theraphy clearly is beneficial to children with frank hypothyroidism there is little data on the effects of thyroxin in children with compensated or subclinical hypothyroidism. the objective of this study was to determine the effect of thyroxin theraphy on cognitive function in children with compensated hypothyroidism. The hypothesis was that thyroxin therapy would change neuropsychological function. Methods: Eleven patients with a history of sub clinical hypot hyroidism entered the study. At the start of the study, six out of the 11 were on thyroxin theraphy, while 5 were off therapy. All patients underwent a battery of neuropsychological testing and thyroid funcion tests at the start of the study. Based on the results of thyroid function tests, two of the 5 patients who were off thyroxin were started back on thyroxin. All of the 6 patients who were on thyroxin were taken off thyroxin. All patients then underwent repeat neurospsychological testing and thyroid functions after an average of 91 days. Results: Thyroxin therapy could not be shown to have an effect on neuropsychological function in this short term study. Our patients had attention problems as compared to the normal population. No significant differences were found between our subjects and normal population standards in verbal processing, visual processing, motor speed/coordination and achievement. Conclusion: In this small, short term study, thyroxin therapy could not be shown to affect neuropsychological function in children with compensated hypothyroidism. These children may have attention problems but appear to have normal verbal and visual processing, motor speed/ coordination and achievement. © 2006 Aijaz et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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