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Spot urine iodine levels below the WHO recommendation are not related to impaired thyroid function in healthy children and adolescents

PURPOSE: Iodine deficiency in childhood and adolescence may lead to later thyroid dysfunction, stunted growth and cognitive impairment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommended age-dependent urine iodine concentration targets, but a critical threshold beyond which clinical sequelae...

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Autores principales: Wallborn, Tillmann, Vogel, Mandy, Kneuer, Antje, Thamm, Michael, Dittrich, Katalin, Kiess, Wieland, Kratzsch, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7867514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32390124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02268-3