The health status and the prevalence of metabolic disorders of adult endemic cretinism—An epidemiological study in China [PDF]
Lipids in Health and DiseaseBackground and aims The cross-sectional survey aimed to characterize the health status of adult endemic cretinism patients in a severely iodine-deficient region, focusing on the prevalence of dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and hypertension.
Yanhong He +11 more
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Temporal impact of hypothyroidism on porcine fetal growth and skeletal development. [PDF]
Physiol RepAbstract In the fetal pig, circulating thyroid hormone and growth rate increase throughout gestation; however, the functional association between these coincident factors has not been established. We used a nonpathogenic model of induced fetal hypothyroidism, wherein pregnant gilts were treated with methimazole (MMI) for 21 days, starting on gestation ...
Rudy K +6 more
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A Case of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Cats: Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Outcomes. [PDF]
Vet Med SciCongenital hypothyroidism in a 3‐year‐old Persian cat was diagnosed via low total thyroxine levels unresponsive to TSH stimulation, alongside clinical signs of dwarfism and renal failure. Levothyroxine therapy significantly improved renal function and activity within 1 week.
Kakalar ME +3 more
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A Case-Control Study of the Relationship Between Genetic Polymorphism and Cretinism in Xinjiang [PDF]
Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2023 Jia Huang,1,2,* Haiyan Wu,2,* Guiqiang Zhao,3 Yan Ma,1 Yunping An,4 Li Sun,5 Fuye Li,1 Shengling Wang2 1Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830054, People’s Republic of China; 2Division of Endemic Disease ...
Huang J +7 more
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Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2010 Iodine is a trace element in the human body, its only known function is the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Effects of iodine deficiency, termed iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), include endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism, decreased fertility rate,
Fereidoun Azizi +2 more
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Maternal iodine status and pregnancy outcomes: Looking beyond cretinism [PDF]
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2023 Nishant Raizada, S V Madhu
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, 1902 As usual a great many names have been applied to this disease, most of them giving prominence to certain symptoms or set of symptoms, to the exclusion of others less marked, hut equally characteristic of the condition.The name commonly adopted by ...
Thompson, William George
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Role of maternal thyroid hormones in the developing neocortex and during human evolution
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2013 The importance of thyroid hormones during brain development has been appreciated for many decades. In humans, low levels of circulating maternal thyroid hormones, e.g.
Denise eStenzel, Wieland B eHuttner
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Iodine Deficiency and Human Development
Клиническая и экспериментальная тиреоидология, 2014 Iodine is а vital microelements that are essential for the normal human development and functions. Iodine deficiency is a global problem: about 2 billion individuals worldwide suffer from a lack of iodine.
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Exploring the status of iodine deficiency disorders control program in Nagaland
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2022 Globally, 1.9 billion individuals have inadequate iodine nutrition, of whom 285 million are school-aged children. Universal salt iodization is the favored preventive strategy for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the single largest cause of preventable ...
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