TY - JOUR T1 - Transient hypothyroxinaemia associated with developmental delay in very preterm infants. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 944 LP - 947 DO - 10.1136/adc.67.7.944 VL - 67 IS - 7 AU - W J Meijer AU - S P Verloove-Vanhorick AU - R Brand AU - J L van den Brande Y1 - 1992/07/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/7/944.abstract N2 - In 563 surviving very preterm (less than 32 weeks gestational age) and/or very low birthweight (less than 1500 g) infants the relationship between neonatal thyroxine concentration and psychomotor development at 2 years of age (corrected for preterm birth) was studied. A significant association was found between low neonatal thyroxine concentration and a negative score on the three milestones of development. These findings do not support the view that transient hypothyroxinaemia in preterm infants is harmless. ER -