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Hypothyroidism, infantile

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Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features including delays in growth and development and myxedema surfacing during infancy.

Myxedema is a dry waxy type of swelling, often with swollen lips and nose.

Infantile hypothyroidism is synonymous with infantile myxedema.

Another name, now little used, for the condition is Brissaud's infantilism, after the French physician Edouard Brissaud (1852-1909).</P> NTER><IMG height=324 alt='Thyoid illustration - Hypothyroidism, infantile' src='http://images.medicinenet.com/images/illustrations/thyroid_gland.gif' width=307 border=0></CENTER>

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