ENDEMIC COGNITIVE AND NEUROMOTOR DEFICIT IN SCHOOLCHILDREN OF IODINE DEFICIENT AREAS
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Psychomotor Abnormalities and Decreased Intelligent Quotient in School Children of Iodine Deficient Areas Near Tehran
SUMMARY In order to evaluate psychomotor activity and intelligent quotient in schoolchildren of iodine deficient region, 95 children from Kiga and 103 from Keshar villages and 73 from Razi school in Tehran were studied. In Kiga there is moderately severe iodine deficiency with retarded physical growth and decreased thyroid function. These students had more errors in Bender-Gestalt (BG) test an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198801000-00192