ESPE Abstracts

Background: Monitoring of thyroid function in neonates born from mothers affected by autoinmune thyroid disease is not perfectly established. The influence of etiology of maternal disease, maternal thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) and l-thyroxine therapy during pregnancy on neonatal thyroid function were also investigated.Method: 194 term neonates were tested for thyroid function by measurement of free thyroxine (FT4</s...

Background: Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder with skeletal, cardiac, and ocular involvement. Mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene on chromosome 15 are responsible for the development of the syndrome.Objective: To present one case of neonatal Marfan syndrome.Case: The patient was a 1-day-old female neonate who was born at 36 weeks gestation via normal delivery. Her body weight was 2900 g and height 48 cm. Ultra...