Goldyreva T P, Tereshchenko I V, Uriupina M D, Sedinina N S
Klin Med (Mosk). 2000;78(3):32-5.
Personality and intellectual characteristics were examined in 76 patients with iodine-deficiency goiter (IDG). Subclinical hypothyroidism forming as early as IDG of the 1st degree impairs abstractive and integral thinking, psychological maladaptation to the disease, high anxiety, neurotism, diminished intellectual performance, deterioration of memory, attention, predominance of thinking of concrete-action type. To prevent intellectual disturbances, IDG patients should receive replacement therapy with adequate doses of thyroid hormones preparations.
对76例碘缺乏性甲状腺肿(IDG)患者的人格和智力特征进行了研究。早在一度IDG时形成的亚临床甲状腺功能减退会损害抽象和整体思维、对疾病的心理适应不良、高度焦虑、神经质、智力表现下降、记忆力和注意力减退、具体行动型思维占主导。为预防智力障碍,IDG患者应接受足量甲状腺激素制剂替代治疗。