central congenital hypothyroidism
MONDO:0016410Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names central congenital hypothyroidism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Central or secondary congenital hypothyroidism is a type of permanent congenital hypothyroidism characterized by permanent thyroid hormone deficiency that is present from birth and secondary to a disorder in the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) - thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) system.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016410), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (5)
- hypothyroidism due to deficient transcription factors involved in pituitary development or function
- hypothyroidism, congenital, nongoitrous, 7
- isolated thyroid-stimulating hormone deficiency
- isolated thyrotropin-releasing hormone deficiency
- X-linked central congenital hypothyroidism with late-onset testicular enlargement
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: central congenital hypothyroidism
- Also called
- central hypothyroidismhypothalamic-pituitary hypothyroidismsecondary hypothyroidismthyroid stimulating hormone deficiencythyrotropin deficiencyTSH deficiency