Psychiatric Symptoms due to Thyroid Disease in a Female Adolescent
The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is involved in the production of thyroid hormone which is needed to maintain the normal functioning of various organs and systems, including the central nervous system. This study reports a case of hypothyroidism in a fifteen-year-old female adolescent who was...
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| description | The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is involved in the production of thyroid hormone which is needed to maintain the normal functioning of various organs and systems, including the central nervous system. This study reports a case of hypothyroidism in a fifteen-year-old female adolescent who was attended for psychiatric symptoms. This case reveals the importance of evaluating thyroid function in children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffab377a94914563bfa4f464d9932a122025-02-03T01:07:20ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/972348972348Psychiatric Symptoms due to Thyroid Disease in a Female AdolescentNelly Capetillo-Ventura0Inmaculada Baeza1Department of Psychiatry, “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital, UANL, Avenida Francisco I. Madero and Avenida Gonzalitos, Mitras Centro, 64460 Monterrey, NL, MexicoDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institut Clínic de Neurociencies, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, SpainThe hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is involved in the production of thyroid hormone which is needed to maintain the normal functioning of various organs and systems, including the central nervous system. This study reports a case of hypothyroidism in a fifteen-year-old female adolescent who was attended for psychiatric symptoms. This case reveals the importance of evaluating thyroid function in children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric symptoms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/972348 |
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| title_short | Psychiatric Symptoms due to Thyroid Disease in a Female Adolescent |
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