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Autonomy in endemic goiter.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 1998
Corvilain B, Van Sande J, Dumont J E, Bourdoux P, Ermans A M
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of hyperthyroidism in many individuals after introduction of iodine prophylaxis in endemic goiter areas can have dramatic consequences for the affected individuals. It indicates that in such individuals the increase of serum thyroid hormone level in response to iodine supplementation does not exert its normal negative feedback on thyroid activity, ie, that in such individuals some thyroid tissue...
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