Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid hemiagenesis (TH) is a rare inborn anomaly presenting as developmental failure of one thyroid lobe. Recent research on the molecular background underlying thyroid dysgenesis have mainly focused on patients with congenital hypothyroidism. In contrast, subjects presenting TH were only sporadically involved. In addition, whether the same factors are responsible for development of TH and other forms of thyroid dysgenesis is still to be elucidated. Recent stud...