Kashin-Beck osteoarthropathy in rural Tibet in relation to selenium and iodine status

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1112-1120

  Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^a   Suetens, Carl ^d   Mathieu, Françoise ^d   Begaux, Françoise ^d   Zhu, Dun ^e   Rivera, Maria T ^b   Boelaert, Marleen ^d   Nève, Jean ^b   Perlmutter, Noémi ^c   Vanderpas, Jean ^b,f  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^e Hôpital Erasme ^*  (China)

^f Ambroise Pare hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SELENIUM; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHINA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SELENIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS; TIBET;

EID: 0032531956     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810153391604     Document Type: Article

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