Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: All neonates should be screened for congenital hypothyroidism in the first week of their lives. To evaluate the reliability of thyroid function tests in neonates who undergo exchange transfusion (ET), we decided to study the alteration of thyroid hormones after ET in term neonates.Method: From April 2001 to August 2001, eighteen full term neonates (gestation age > 37 weeks) undergoing ET due to hyperbilirubinemia at neonatal wards of Al-Zahra and Shahid-Beheshti...

Introduction: One of the major causes of deaths in pediatric patients is malignancy. Radiotherapy, which is one of the protocols used in their treatment, may have some disadvantages such as impairing thyroid function. Considering these facts, we decided to determine the incidence of post radiotherapy hypothyroidism in pediatric patients with malignancy.Methods: In a cross-sectional study 180 patients ranging in age from 1 to 20 years old who survived fr...