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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2020

3. Thyroid

Medication associated thyroid disease

ey0017.3-15 | Medication associated thyroid disease | ESPEYB17

3.15. The effects of amiodarone on thyroid function in pediatric and young adult patients

B Barrett , CP Hawkes , A Isaza , AJ Bauer

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104:5540–5546.This single center, retrospective study analyzed the prevalence and natural history of amiodarone associated thyroid disease in 190 children and young adults with detailed thyroid function tests. Amiodarone induced hypothyroidism (AIH) and thyrotoxicosis (AIT) are well known entities due to direct thyroid toxicity. Further, subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is caused by a...