Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Primary hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorder, prevalence is in the ranges of 3.8–10.9%. It has been estimated that about 42 million people in India suffer from thyroid diseases. At one end,with easier availability of the assays and better affordability we are now able to diagnose and treat hypothyroidism much earlier. At the other end, we are seeing patients with TSH > 100 at diagnosis, most of them done as a part of routine screeni...