ESPE Abstracts

Background: Neonatal Graves’ disease (NGD) occurs in 1–2% pregnancies with maternal Graves’ disease. Thyroid auto-antibodies can persist in the maternal circulation even 10 years after thyroidectomy and can lead to NGD in the absence of maternal thyrotoxicosis. Both maternal stimulating autoantibodies and maternal thyroxine can cross the placenta, and have been implicated in neonatal craniosynostosis.Objective and hypotheses: We report a c...