Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Infants born to mothers with a history of thyroid disease may be at risk of developing neonatal thyrotoxicosis. Although rare, affecting approximately 1% of infants, maternal thyroid disease can have serious consequences including intrauterine death or neonatal death. Maternal Grave’s disease poses significant risk due to trans-placental passage of TRAB.Methods: Mothers with thyroid disease and their subsequent infants were audited ret...