ea0045oc5.7 | Oral Communications 5- Endocrine | BSPED2016
Peters Catherine
, Nicholas Adeline K.
, Lyons Greta
, Langham Shirley
, Serra Eva G.
, Schoenmakers Erik
, Muzza Marina
, Fugazzola Laura
, Schoenmakers Nadia
The UK newborn screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) facilitates prevention of neurodevelopmental delay in CH by enabling prompt diagnosis and treatment. Although the UK Newborn Screening Programme Centre (UKNSPC) defines a borderline bloodspot screening TSH (bsTSH) concentration as 1020 mU/l, the lower cutoff used at Great Ormond Street Hospital (6 mU/l), enables diagnosis of true and transient CH in cases missed using UKNSPC criteria. We hypothesised t...