Goitre, cretinism and iodine in South Asia: Historical perspectives on a continuing scourge
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Goitre, cretinism and iodine in South Asia: historical perspectives on a continuing scourge.
Sir Robert McCarrison's work on goitre, cretinism and the thyroid, begun in the western Himalayas in 1902, generated scores of scientific publications during the following thirtyfive years.1 Though that work is often considered the start of serious studies of goitre and cretinism in South Asia, in fact the use of iodine in goitre treatment in this region was noted by Commissioner David Scott at...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical History
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0025-7273,2048-8343
DOI: 10.1017/s002572730006333x