Thyroglobulin Is Markedly Elevated in 6- to 24-Month-Old Infants at Both Low and High Iodine Intakes and Suggests a Narrow Optimal Iodine Intake Range

Thyroid

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 268-277

  Farebrother, Jessica ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Assey, Vincent ^b,c   Castro, Mary Christine ^d   Cherkaoui, Mohamed ^e   Fingerhut, Ralph ^f   Jia, Qingzhen ^g   Jukic, Tomislav ^h,i   Makokha, Anselimo ^j   San Luis, Theofilo O ^b,k   Wegmüller, Rita ^l   Andersson, Maria ^a,b,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Iodine Network   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Communication Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

^d Nutrition Center of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g Shanxi Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Disease   (China)

^h SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

ⁱ JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^j JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^k ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^l Medical Research Council Gambia   (Gambia)

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Author keywords

iodine; iodine deficiency; iodine excess; thyroglobulin; Weaning

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODIZED SALT;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; URINE SAMPLING; WEANING; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SALT INTAKE;

BIOMARKERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; RISK; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 85061490368     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2018.0321     Document Type: Article

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