Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of congenital malformations (CM) in congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is higher than expected, particularly for cardiac malformations, but the published data vary considerably – from 2.4% to 24% – in different series.Methods: Using existing databases for CH and Scottish population statistics, we have retrospectively determined the prevalence of cardiac, non–cardiac and syndromic disorders in Scotland since the int...