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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"iodine deficiency"”.
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The risk and severity of preeclampsia secondary to iodine deficiency and iodine deficiency-mediated subclinical hypothyroidism: mechanisms and early cardiovascular consequences
Background Iodine deficiency affects about 2 billion people globally and is the leading cause of Subclinical (SCH) and overt (OH) hypothyroidism that are some of the risk factors of preeclampsia. Iodine deficiency in pregnancy, which can be corrected by supplementation, has been suggested in the …
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Iodine status of children from the Red Sea, and the Nile Valley regions of the Sudan: implications for health and development
Iodine deficiency leads to multitude disorders often refereed as "iodine deficiency disorders" that are preventable by supplementation. Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of brain damage and mental disability. Moreover, it is the most common cause of decreased fertility rate, miscarriages, …
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Vapour-based growth of inorganic compounds for next-generation, stable photovoltaics
… annealed under vacuum to deliberately introduce iodine deficiency. Phase purity is maintained despite up to 40 % iodine loss at the film surface, whilst, over the same measurement area in photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, the Fermi level of BiOI remains constant after 48 hours of vacuum …
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Estado nutricional de iodo, selênio e função tireoidiana em idosos da Universidade Aberta à Terceira Idade
Introduction – Iodine and selenium are essential micronutrients involved in thyroid metabolism. Iodine is used in the synthesis of thyroid hormones T3 and T4, and selenium acts as part of the enzyme iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase type I, thioredoxin reductase and selenoproteins. Objective – This study …
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Morphologische Grundlagen der Schilddrüsensonographie bei der Katze
… alterations in cats could be caused by chronic iodine deficiency. This hypothesis is in line with the recently detected deficitary iodine content of an average of commercial cat food. Nodular hyperplasia and adenoma are one of the major causes for feline hyperthyroidism. In the recent years …
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A quantitative risk assessment of exposure to nitrates in drinking water and thyroid disorders in East Anglia, United Kingdom
… disorders, including mild - to - moderate iodine deficiency; hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism; thyroid hypertrophy (goitre) and thyroid cancer. However, the weight of evidence following a meta – analysis is strongest for goitre; weak for subclinical hypothyroidism and weakest for clinical …
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Empirical Essays on Education and Health Policy Evaluation
… historical data sources of pre-intervention iodine deficiency prevalence and SES at a highly disaggregated level, thereby being able to trace the educational attainment and labour market outcomes of these individuals during their adulthood. The results of this study, strikingly, show that …
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Untersuchungen zur Jodversorgung von Hunden und Katzen in Frankreich
Summary Iodine supply in dogs and cats in France The iodine content was determined for 367 dog and cat urine samples taken from different regions of France as well as random samples from one region in Ireland and Italy each. By using two mathematical equations, the estimation of the daily …
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Epidemiologie des Iodmangels im Würzburger Raum: Schilddrüsenvolumina und Iodausscheidung bei Schulkindern in Würzburg
Deutschland gilt bisher immer noch als Iodmangelgebiet, obwohl in der letzten Zeit einige Studien eine deutliche Verbesserung der Iodversorgung in der deutschen Bevölkerung zeigten. Allerdings wurde der Großteil dieser Untersuchungen nicht gemäß den epidemiologischen Kriterien der WHO, UNICEF und …