ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune-mediated disorder, and is the most common cause of thyroid disease and acquired hypothyroidism in children and adolescents. In adults with HT, concentration problems, memory disorders and an increased rate of depression have been reported.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate, whether children and adolescents with HT have more behaviour and emotional problems, and/or lower intelligence tha...

Background: Steroid responsive encephalopathy with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) is a clinically and electrographically heterogeneous steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with thyroid autoantibodies.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate, whether children and adolescents with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT) lacking acute clinical manifestation of SREAT show electroencephalogram (EEG) alterations, and to compare EEGs of HT patients with those...