Kochupillai N
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Mt Sinai J Med. 1992 Mar;59(2):111-5.
Nutritional iodine deficiency and endemic goiter are widely prevalent in developing countries, affecting an estimated 1 billion people. Recent studies in India, using radioimmunoassay methods, have shown that the incidence of neonatal hypothyroidism in endemic goiter regions is more than a hundredfold higher than the incidence in nonendemic regions. This knowledge has given a new momentum to the iodine prophylactic program in the country, resulting in the protection of hundreds of thousands of newborns from mental retardation.
营养性碘缺乏和地方性甲状腺肿在发展中国家广泛流行，估计影响10亿人。印度最近使用放射免疫测定方法进行的研究表明，地方性甲状腺肿地区新生儿甲状腺功能减退症的发病率比非地方性地区高一百多倍。这一认识为该国的碘预防计划注入了新的动力，使数十万新生儿免受智力迟钝的影响。
