European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Consensus Guidelines on Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Congenital Hypothyroidism

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). EVIDENCE: A systematic literature search was conducted to identify key articles relating to the screening, diagnosis, and management of CH. The evidence-based guidelines were developed with the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system, describing both the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence. In the absence of sufficient evidence, conclusions were based on expert opinion. CONSENSUS PROCESS: Thirty-two participants drawn from the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and five other major scientific societies in the field…

• UO
  University of Pittsburgh
• UB
  Universität Basel
• NU
  Newcastle University
• UV
  Universiteit van Amsterdam
• RU
  Radboud Universiteit
• UO
  University of Toronto
• CM
  Christian Medical College, Vellore
• UD
  Università di Bologna
• UD
  Università di Pisa
• UP
  Universitas Padjadjaran