Advances in thyroid diseases in children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2025.07.003
- VernacularTitle:儿童甲状腺疾病研究进展
- Author:
Huimin HU
1
;
Aimin LIANG
Author Information
1. 国家儿童医学中心 首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院保健中心 100045
- Keywords:
Children;
Thyroid disease;
Diagnosis
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2025;52(7):441-445
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The types and prognosis of thyroid diseases in children are different from those in adults. Since the screening of congenital hypothyroidism in newborns，many kinds of the thyroid diseases with genetic defects in thyroid hormone production or action have been diagnosed and treated in newborn and infancy period. However，autoimmune and tumor related thyroid diseases in children may have typical clinical manifestations and can be diagnosed during the growth and development. Thyroid function plays a role in the nervous system and growth development of children，therefore screening，early diagnosis，and treatment of thyroid diseases in children outside of the neonatal period are equally important. This article reviews the recent advance in the types，causes，pathogenesis，clinical manifestations，diagnosis，and treatment of common thyroid diseases in children，in order to enhance the awareness of childhood thyroid diseases in clinical physicians.
