TY - JOUR T1 - Thyroid morphological findings in the mothers of infants with congenital hypothyroidism JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 183 LP - 183 DO - 10.1136/adc.77.2.e183 VL - 77 IS - 2 AU - A CASSIO AU - E CACCIARI AU - M BAL AU - C COLLI AU - B BELLANOVA Y1 - 1997/08/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/77/2/183.12.abstract N2 - Editor,—Little information is available on the aetiology of primary not transient congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid malformations. Usually it is considered to be a sporadic disease; however, to date, there are no reliable studies to identify some possible family risk factors for the disease.1 2Therefore between April and September 1996, during therapeutic follow up of affected children, we examined the mothers of 19 consecutive infants with congenital hypothyroidism (group A) screened through our regional newborn screening program (Emilia-Romagna, Italy) and 17 age matched volunteer mothers of unaffected children … ER -