ESPE Abstracts

Background: Antithyroid drugs (ATD) are recommended as the initial treatment in Graves disease in childhood and adolescence. Identification of predictive factors might lead to improve patient management by facilitating the identification of patients requiring long-term ATD or early alternative therapy.Objective and hypotheses: To assess the prevalence of signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism in childhood and adolescence, to evaluate the rates of adverse ...