Thyroid Gland and Iodiuria of Neonates in an Area with Adequate Iodine Intake

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Authors: M. Tajtáková; J. Capová; Langer P. . Bíreš J. ¹; E. Šeboková ¹; J. Petrovičová
Authors‘ workplace: I. interná klinika LF UPJŠ, Košice, prednosta doc. MUDr. T. Hildebrand, CSc. I. gynekologicko-pôrodnická klinika FNsP, Košice, prednosta doc. MUDr. Š. Lukačin, CSc. ÚEE, Slovenská akadémia vied, Bratislava, 1riaditeľ RNDr. R. Kvetňanský, DrSc. Klinické sk
Published in: Čes-slov Pediat 1999; (1): 134-136.
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Overview

The authors examined 258 neonates during the first week after delivery, focused on ultrasonographic asses-sment of the volume of the thyroid gland. Moreover in 75 neonates and their mothers also iodiuria was assessedand in 44 mothers iodine excretion in milk. The mean volume of the thyroid gland in neonates was 0.60 ± 0.2 ml.Infants born in term had larger thyroid glands than premature infants (0.62 ± 0.2 ml, 0.45 ± 0.1 ml, P

Key words:
thyroid volume, neonates, iodiuria, iodine content of milk

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