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Iodine Deficiency in Pregnancy: The Effect on Neurodevelopment in the Child

Iodine is an integral part of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T(4)) and tri-iodothyronine (T(3)), necessary for normal growth and development. An adequate supply of cerebral T(3), generated in the fetal brain from maternal free T(4) (fT(4)), is needed by the fetus for thyroid hormone dependent neur...

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Autor principal: Skeaff, Sheila A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22254096
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu3020265