[Morphofunctional shifts in the thyroid and liver and a change in the thyroid hormone level in the blood with the internal use of iodine-containing waters].

Assessment of thyroid function and antitoxic protein-synthesizing function of hepatocytes at light microscopic and ultrastructural levels revealed differences in the effects of natural and prepared iodine water under similar iodine-ion concentration (14 mg/l). The varieties seem to result from the presence of ion-salt base in the natural water.