ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Pediatrics. 2019;143(5).This randomized prospective long-term study investigated the effect of long-term (8–10 years) versus short-term (18–24 months) methimazole therapy for Graves’ disease in 56 Iranian adolescents. The primary endpoint was disease remission at 48 months after stopping methimazole.The authors obs...

To read the full abstract: Int J Endocrinol Metab 2017; 15(3):e55451Systematic neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) was first proposed by Dr Jean Dussault, a Canadian (adult) endocrinologist, in 1974. It was rapidly implemented in most high-income countries in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. Ideally, a screening program should be highly sensitive (able to ...