ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

PrefaceOver the last twelve months important clinical and basic research in the field of thyroidology was published. Here a rapid overview on important topics in the field: A better understanding of carcinogenesis through ionizing radiation came from a large genomic study on papillary thyroid cancer samples of patients exposed to radioactive iodine as children in 1986 in Chernobyl. A remarkable step in regeneration of thyroid function in thyroidectomized...