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Diagnostic effectiveness of TSH screening and of T4 with secondary TSH screening for newborn congenital hypothyroidism.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9694583     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We used a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) plot to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of primary thyrotropin (TSH) screening, and compared it to the primary thyroxine (T4) with secondary TSH screening (T4/TSH) on a certain percentage of the lowest T4 value for newborn congenital hypothyroidism (CH). There were 2198 normal and 117 abnormal CH cases evaluated using both the Wallac Delfia neonatal TSH and neonatal T4 kits. The ROC areas of the primary TSH screening and T4/TSH screening were 0.9841 and 0.9557, respectively. Nine cases (out of 117 cases) of CH would have been misclassified if T4/TSH screening were used. These nine cases, however, were identified using primary TSH screening. We conclude that using primary TSH screening is more effective for mass screening in reducing false-positive and false-negative cases than the combined T4/TSH screening method.
Authors:
S T Wang; S Pizzolato; H P Demshar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry     Volume:  274     ISSN:  0009-8981     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Chim. Acta     Publication Date:  1998 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-10-13     Completed Date:  1998-10-13     Revised Date:  2005-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1302422     Medline TA:  Clin Chim Acta     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  151-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Neonatal/Chemistry Lab, Ontario Ministry of Health, Etobicoke, Canada. wangst@gov.on.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Congenital Hypothyroidism*
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Humans
Hypothyroidism / diagnosis*
Infant, Newborn
Neonatal Screening*
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Reproducibility of Results
Thyrotropin / blood*
Thyroxine / blood*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; 7488-70-2/Thyroxine; 9002-71-5/Thyrotropin

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