PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - W J Meijer AU - S P Verloove-Vanhorick AU - R Brand AU - J L van den Brande TI - Transient hypothyroxinaemia associated with developmental delay in very preterm infants. AID - 10.1136/adc.67.7.944 DP - 1992 Jul 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 944--947 VI - 67 IP - 7 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/7/944.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/7/944.full SO - Arch Dis Child1992 Jul 01; 67 AB - 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.