THYROID STUDIES I. THE DISTRIBUTION OF GOITRE AMONG INDIANS; ITS BEARING UPON THE ETIOLOGY HOMER P. RUSH and L. T. JONES From the Department of Physiology of the University of Oregon Medical School
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"Goitre" is here used in its broad sense to indicate all thyroid enlargements. Even a meagre review of the literature will show the complexity of this condition by the numerous theories offered. The outstanding factors concerning the etiology which seem to have the most accurate scientific support are iodine deficiency [Marine and co-workers (1)] and the accumulation of toxic products [McCarrison (2) and others (3, 4, 5, 25)].
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