Epidemiology of Endemic Cretinism in Sikkim, India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-309

  Sankar, R ^a,b   Pulger, T ^a   Rai, Bimal ^a   Gomathi, S ^a   Gyatso, T R ^a   Pandav, C S ^a  

^a Government General Hospital   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Endemic cretinism; Iodine deficiency; Prevalence; Survey

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032008865     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02752308     Document Type: Article

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