Endocrine Abstracts

Background: World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders included neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (nTSH) as one of the indicators for assessing iodine deficiency at a population level and as a monitoring tool in programs of iodine supplementation. A prevalence of nTSH concentrations in dry blood spots (DBS) above 5 mlU/l below 3% has been prop...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation and intellectual disability. The overall incidence of CH ranges from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 4,000 live births, with variation worldwide among different ethnicity [1]. During the period 1993–2000 the incidence of CH in Lithuanian population was estimated as 1 in 4800 live births [2]. The aim of present study was to determine the incidence of CH among new-borns in Lithu...