Iodine deficiency in pregnancy, infancy and childhood and its consequences for brain development

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   Jaiswal, Nidhi ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

brain development; children; cognitive performance; infants; iodine deficiency; review

Indexed keywords

DIIODOTYROSINE; IODINE; IODOTYROSINE; PLACEBO; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THYROID FUNCTION;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; IODINE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 76749086663     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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