The History of Iodine in Medicine Part III: Thyroid fixation and medical iodophobia
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The thyroid gland-iodine connection was known just a few years following the discovery of iodine in seaweed in the 1811. Only 8 years after this discovery, iodine was used effectively in the treatment of simple goiter. However, the medical uses of iodine during the first century since the discovery of iodine were not restricted to diseases of the thyroid gland only but covered a wide range of clinical conditions (1).
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