Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Patients with low thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPO) and increased TSH-receptor antibodies (TRAb) at diagnosis of Graves’ disease (GD) have been suggested to have an increased risk to develop Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO). The aim was to evaluate if GO development can be predicted.Design: Observational study with registration of possible GD and GO risk factors.Methods: Three hundred and ninety nine patients...

Background: Thyroid hormones are important for normal fetal development. The aim of this prospective study was to explore whether thyroxine treated pregnant women with hypothyroidism are adequately thyroxine substituted during pregnancy.Material and method: During the years 1997–2002 119 pregnancies in 101 females with thyroid diseases were followed at the Department of Endocrinology. The diagnoses were autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) with or without h...

Introduction: Graves’ disease (GD) can negatively affect the quality of life. Research on GD in childhood, accounting for 1-5% of cases, has so far predominantly focused on treatment results. There is limited knowledge about association with other diseases and long-term psychosocial effects.Aims: We aimed to compare disease burden and psychosocial outcomes between childhood/young adult GD patients and unexposed population controls.<p class="abst...