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Improving iodine nutritional status and increasing prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in children

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the link between excess iodine intake as evidenced by increased urinary iodine excretion (UIE) and autoimmune thyroiditis in children and to assess the correlation between UIE and thyroid microsomal antibody (thyroid peroxidase [TPO]) titers in c...

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Autores principales: Palaniappan, Srinivasan, Shanmughavelu, Lakshmi, Prasad, Hemchand K., Subramaniam, Sundari, Krishnamoorthy, Nedunchezian, Lakkappa, Lakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.195996