Dental and skeletal changes in juvenile hypothyroidism following treatment: case report
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1990-01Author
Mg'ang'a, PM
Chindia, ML
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A case of juvenile hypothyroidism is presented showing evidence of delayed shedding of deciduous teeth, root development, eruption of permanent teeth as well as retarded skeletal growth. Changes in dental and skeletal ages were of varying degrees following two years of treatment with L-thyroxine.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2270208http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/39452
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Odontostomatol Trop. 1990 Jan;13(1):25-7.Publisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi
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