AU - Masoomi karimi, M AU - Khalafi, A AU - Jafarisani, M AU - Alizadeh, H AU - Hasanzadeh, M AU - Jafarisani, A AU - Kameli, M AU - Tatari, Z TI - Screening of congenital hypothyroidism in the Torbat-E-Heydariyeh in 1390 PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - thums-jms JN - thums-jms VO - 1 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-111-en.html 4100 - http://jms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-111-en.pdf SO - thums-jms 4 AB  - Background and Aim: Congenital hypothyroidism is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation in the world the irreversible complications of which can be prevented with timely diagnosis and treatment by the fourth week. This study determined the prevalence of risk of congenital hypothyroidism in Torbat-E-Heydarieh. Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study according to the public screening of new burns for congenital hypothyroidism in the Torbat-E-Heydariyeh in 1390. Infants of 3 to 5day sold were monitored in allareascovered by the School of Medical Sciences Torbat-E-Heydariyeh. Heel blood samples were collected and filtered using What-man BFC180paper for serum TSH levels, and they were then assessed. The data were analyzed with T-test, two- way ANOVA and chi-square using the SPSS19. P   CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - thums-jms PG - 40 PT - Research YR - 2014