Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Overt newly diagnosed hyperthyroidism is frequently associated with mild anemia. However, there are limited data on long term evolution under methimazole treatment. Our aim was to study the baseline characteristics and evolution of anemia in the hyperthyroidism setting.Methods: We retrospectively assessed 58 consecutive patients [46 (79.3%) women] presenting with newly diagnosed overt thyrotoxicosis (43 Graves disease, 9 toxic nodular goiters...