Open AccessGenetic factors in the pathogenesis of iodine deficiency goiter
Author(s) -
В. В. Фадеев,
N. A. Abramova
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11309
Subject(s) - iodine deficiency , goiter , mental deficiency , thyroid , iodine , pathogenesis , medicine , physiology , pathology , endocrinology , psychiatry , chemistry , organic chemistry
Iodine deficiency diseases (IDD) are the most common non-infectious human pathology. In general, 1.5 billion people live on the Earth in regions of iodine deficiency in the environment, 600 million of them have an increase in the thyroid gland, and 40 million have severe mental retardation as a result of iodine deficiency