Endocrine Abstracts

Background and Aims: Individuals with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing hypothyroidism, autoimmune etiology. Prevalence of hypothyroidism in Down syndrome people is from 15% to 65%. Congenital hypothyroidism is about 25 times more common among newborns and infants with Down syndrome in comparison with the general population with incidence of 0.7% permanent cases and 0.3% transient congenital hypothyroidism cases, detected by newborn screening. Beyond the newbo...