Iodine-induced thyroid dysfunction
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Iodine induced thyroid disease.
Although iodine prevents goiter, enlarged thyroid glands continue to be detected in subjects, especially children, in spite of adequate iodine ingestion. Iodine may cause goiter in susceptible individuals by inhibiting the organic binding of iodine as is seen in adult asthmatics, neonates born of iodine ingesting mothers and in subjects residing along the littoral of Japan. Myxedema, especially...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes and Obesity
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1752-296X
DOI: 10.1097/med.0b013e3283565bb2