Endocrine Abstracts

SH is defined by a decrease of TSH with normal thyroid hormone (TH) concentrations. The clinical picture is not clear, whether these patients may have symptoms or alterations of QoL. It is well known that in overt hyperthyroidism, symptoms may be absent in old patients. In SH, one study in young patients has reported an increased symptom score and a slight decrease of QoL but these results have not been confirmed in middle-aged subjects. We report the initial data of the Pirat...