Pediatric Thyroid Center
Section of Pediatric Endocrinology
2 Church Street South, Suite 405
New Haven, CT 06519Tel: 203.764.9199
Section of Pediatric Endocrinology
2 Church Street South, Suite 405
New Haven, CT 06519Tel: 203.764.9199
Research
Finding better ways to treat children with thyroid disorders is a major goal of the Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center. Research has focused on:
- Optimizing treatment of childhood Graves’ disease
- Developing new diagnostic and treatment approaches for thyroid cancer
- Identifying genes that cause thyroid cancer
- Examining the potential toxicity of thyroid medications
- Determining the risks of thyroid diseases and treatments to the mother and fetus
- Improving treatment of congenital hypothyroidism
- Exploring links of thyroid disease with other autoimmune diseases
- Examining risks of Graves’ disease therapy
The YPTC is currently participating in a multi-center study examining the treatment of childhood Graves' disease with radioactive iodine.
