[Not Available].

Acquired hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid disease in paediatric patients and in iodine-replete areas mainly due to autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT). Symptoms of hypothyroidism are unspecific and insidious for which reason thyroid function tests are often part of a general paediatric assessment. Consequently, only few patients present with pronounced symptoms which include a stunted growth pattern and multiorgan involvement when most extreme.

[Recommendation for identical growth curves in Denmark].

Growth monitoring is essential for the evaluation of health in children. Growth and final height have changed over time, the secular trend, and therefore updated growth curves are important. In this article the growth curves in use in Denmark are reviewed.