Iodine deficiency disorders among school children in upper Egypt: an epidemiologic study
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Urinary iodine and other iodine deficiency indicators in a sample of school-age children in Egypt.
Sufficient data relating urinary iodine excretion in children to other iodine deficiency indicators are lacking in Egypt. We assayed urinary iodine concentration and serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroglobulin, free triiodothyronine (T3) and free tetraiodothyronine in 99 school-aged Egyptian children. Goitre was found in 25 children. Median urinary iodine concentration was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.270