ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: Eur J Endocrinol 2017;177:D1-D12Newborn screening (NBS) is an invaluable tool for identification of CH; however almost 70% of newborns worldwide do not benefit from NBS at all. In countries with NBS, lowering of TSH cut-offs over the years led to major controversy on the optimal TSH screening cut-off. In this very interesting debate paper, arguments are presented f...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104:5765–5779.It is not clear whether retesting is needed for a healthy cotwin of a twin pair discordant for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) at the first neonatal screening. Medda et al. retrospectively analyzed a cohort of 47 twin pairs discordant for CH at the first neonatal screening. On follow-up, 7 (15%) of cotwins who were initially negatively screened then tested positi...

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar 17:dgab177. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab177. PMID: 33729509.Vishnopolska et al. conducted a comprehensive evaluation of 67 hypopituitarism candidate genes in 170 congenital hypopituitarism (CH) patients from Argentina by using small molecule molecular inversion probes followed by sequencing (smMIPS) panel. 57 patients had isolated growth hormone defici...