Iodine deficiency as a cause of brain damage

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 906, 2001, Pages 217-220

  Delange, F ^a  

^a ICCIDD   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Iodine deficiency; Mental retardation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; THYROID FUNCTION;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

EID: 0035059897     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.906.217     Document Type: Review

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