ESPE Abstracts

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation in children, thus screening programs of CH have been established for better management of the disorder and preventing its related neurodevelopmental consequences. Evidences from different screening programs indicated that the rate of CH is higher in pre-term and low birth weight newborns than normal ones due to the incomplete development of hypothalamic–pituitary axis in ...