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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 7, No. 3, 134-137 (1968)
DOI: 10.1177/000992286800700304

Accelerated Maturity in Fetal Thyrotoxicosis

Cyrus Farrehi

Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine, Edmonton, Canada. Assistant Chief, Cardiology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon 97207

The growth promoting effects of thy roid gland may be observed in congeni tal thyrotoxicosis. The presence of ex cessive thyroid hormones appears to accelerate fetal development.

Rapid skeletal growth in the infant here described was striking and continued after a euthyroid state was established.


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