the iodine content of the drinking water and its association with endemic goiter was investigated in the areas of mobarakeh, and najafabad, which are located in the province of isfahan. the school children between 6 and 18 years of age were examined to determine the prevalence of enlargement of the thyroid gland. thirty percent of the total.24.576 children in that age group were clinically exam...

SUMMARY Different degrees of neurological and psychological problems are observed in endemic goiter inhabitants. To determine the effect of iodine deficiency on IQ, we checked the IQ and size of the thyroid of 194 students of an endemic goiter area and compared with that of 224 students of a non-endemic goiter area in Kohkiloyeh & Boyer Ahmad province. The average IQ of students in endemic goi...

backgrounds: iodine deficiency disorder is a major public health problem in areas where there is a lack of iodine in drinking water, soil, and food. this study was carried out to assess the prevalence of goiter among school children in the age group of 6-10 years in khorramabad city. also, the level of urine iodine was evaluated.   methods: the study was conducted from january 2012 to january 2...

ENDEMIC GOITER. The Adaptation of Man to Iodine Deficiency. By John B. Stanbury, Gordon L. Brownell, Douglas S. Riggs, Hector Perinetti, Juan Itoiz, and Enrique B. Del Castillo. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1954. 209 pp. $4.00. This monograph reports the results obtained by the Andean Goiter Expedition, a joint project undertaken by Harvard Medical School, the University ...

the objectives of the present study were to investigate the prevalence of histologic thyroids lesions and the respective thyroid hormones changes of ewes in an endemic goiter region and to find out any impact of this condition on the fetal thyroid structures and serum thyroid hormones. in the present study a total number of 100 pregnant ewes and their fetuses slaughtered at slaughterhouse were ...

A large-scale study was undertaken in the state of Kelantan, to determine the prevalence of goitre. A total of 2,450 subjects above the age of 15 years were selected from 31 localities in the state and examination for goitre was done using the technique of Perez. The state was divided into 3 areas--coastal area (area 1), inland area (area 2) and the area in between the coast and the inland area...

The aim of this study was to investigate thyroid hormone levels in horses stabled in two different locations on the island of Sicily. The study was carried out on a total of 72 clinically healthy Sanfratellano horses ranging in age from 5 to 9 years and weighing 585 ± 40 kg. The results showed higher thyroxine values (P < 0.02) in horses stabled in an endemic goitre area (group II) than those o...

The thyroid gland-iodine connection was known just a few years following the discovery of iodine in seaweed in the 1811. Only 8 years after this discovery, iodine was used effectively in the treatment of simple goiter. However, the medical uses of iodine during the first century since the discovery of iodine were not restricted to diseases of the thyroid gland only but covered a wide range of c...

OBJECTIVES To report a new phenotype of advanced endemic goiter that affects only one lobe of the thyroid gland. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 60 patients from the west of Sudan with long-standing unilateral simple endemic goiter that required obectomy, with emphasis on the gross appearance, measurements and cytological features of the contralateral lobe. RESULTS Out of 60 patien...

The mountain slopes of the Himalayas, Alps, Pyrenees, and Andes have been the world’s most notorious foci of endemic goiter (1). The northern frontiers of India extending from Kashmir in the west to Assam in the east form an extensive Himalayan goiter belt (2). Forty million persons are believed to be exposed to the risk ofgoiter in this belt and approximately nine million are afflicted with it...