ESPE Abstracts

Background: In the world, the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism varies in wide ranges. In the neonatal screening based on thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), the optimal diagnostic level of TSH is essential to ensure that the true cases of congenital hypothyroidism are not missed.The goal was to compare the incidence rate of congenital hypothyroidism during the course of changes in the screening protocol for the periods of 2003-2007 ...