Paul van Trotsenburg, Athanasia Stoupa, Juliane Léger, Tilman Rohrer, Catherine Peters, Laura Fugazzola, Alessandra Cassio, Claudine Heinrichs, Veronique Beauloye, Joachim Pohlenz, Patrice Rodien, Regis Coutant, Gabor Szinnai, Philip Murray, Beate Bartés, Dominique Luton, Mariacarolina Salerno, Luisa de Sanctis, Mariacristina Vigone, Heiko Krude, Luca Persani, Michel Polak
Background: An ENDO-European Reference Network (ERN) initiative was launched that was endorsed by the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology with 22 participants from the ENDO-ERN and the two societies. The aim was to update the practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). A systematic literature search was conducted to identify key articles on neonatal screening, diagnosis, and management of primary and central CH. The evidence-based guidelines were graded with the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation system, describing both the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence...
March 2021: Thyroid: Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association