Urinary iodine concentration during pregnancy in an area of unstable dietary iodine intake in Switzerland
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Dietary iodine intake in pregnancy: an update.
Iodine deficiency, by depriving the thyroid gland of sufficient raw material to produce thyroid hormones can, in its milder forms, impair cognition in children reducing IQ by up to 10-15 points. 1,2 While the consequences of severe iodine deficiency (population median urinary iodine excretion (UI) < 20 ug/L) can be extreme, including irreversible mental retardation, those arising from more mode...
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BACKGROUND Appropriate maternal intake of iodine during pregnancy is essential for maternal thyroxine production and thyroid status of the fetus. It should be possible to enhance iodine intake during pregnancy by using iodine fortified salt or taking iodine supplements. In the present report we determined the status of iodine nutrition in pregnant women who were stratified on the basis of their...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0391-4097,1720-8386
DOI: 10.1007/bf03345192