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Case Reports
. 1985 Mar;143(4):317-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00442312.

Neonatal thyrotoxicosis treated with exchange transfusion and Lugol's iodine

J M Wit, L J Gerards, C Vermeulen-Meiners, H W Bruinse
Case Reports

Neonatal thyrotoxicosis treated with exchange transfusion and Lugol's iodine

J M Wit et al. Eur J Pediatr. 1985 Mar.

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 successfully 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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