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Iodine Overload and Severe Hypothyroidism in Two Neonates

Iodine overload frequently leads to transient hyperthyrotropinemia or hypothyroidism, and rarely to hyperthyroidism in neonates. Iodine exposure can be prenatal, perinatal or postnatal. Herein we report two newborn infants who developed severe hypothyroidism due to iodine overload. The overloading w...

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Autores principales: Kurtoğlu, Selim, Akın, Leyla, Akın, Mustafa Ali, Çoban, Dilek
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21274309
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.v1i6.275