Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: With a prevalence of about one in 3000 newborns, congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation and growth failure. The objective of this work is to clarify the contribution of thyroid scintigraphy (TS) using technetium 99 m for the diagnosis of CH and this through the experience of the nuclear medicine department in Sahloul university Hospital.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study inclu...