Thyroid cancer in children and teenagers in the conditions of iodine deficiency and radiation pollution

Author: D.E. Shilin

Reference: Dissertation, 2002

Keywords: perinatal stage, iodine deficiency

Abstract: The urgency of the problem. The diverse thyroid pathology has a leading position in the structure of endocrine diseases in humans, beginning to form already in childhood and adolescence. Diseases of thyroid gland (TG) are distributed especially in regions with iodine deficiency in the biosphere. Endemic goiter and other health disorders, related to iodine deficiency, present severe medical and social problem, which has been intensively studied in the last decade in Russia and abroad. New indicators and criteria of severity of the disease (WHO, 1994) are developed and effectively used, along with the recommendations of physiological needs of micronutrients (WHO, 1996). Negative impact on the child’s body with deficiency of thyroid hormones caused by even a slight decrease in the supply of iodine, is proven, especially in the perinatal stage of development.
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