ea0032p992 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2013
Soliman Ashraf
, Al Yafei Fawzia
, Al-Naimi Lolwa
, Almarri Noora
, Sabt Aml
, Yassun Mohamed
, Desanctis Vincenzo
Introduction: Short stature and hypothyroidism and are frequent complications of thalassemia major (TM).Patients and methods: We recorder growth parameters and investigated the thyroid function in TM patients attending our Pediatric Endocrine Clinics for 12 years. Definitions: overt hypothyroidism (low FT4 and increased TSH levels >5 μIU/ml); subclinical hypothyroidism (normal FT4, TSH between 510 μIU/ml) and cen...