Endocrine Abstracts

Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the world with iodine deficiency and its incidence is 0.3–1.5 per 1,000. The aim of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings of the patients with HT who applied to our endocrinology outpatient clinic. The findings were compared with the control group who had hypothyroidism with negative thyroid autoantibodies. For this purpose, a tota...