Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodine deficiency is a common problem of public health that usually causes thyroid enlargement called goiter. It is estimated that 750 million people worldwide are at risk of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). IDD can be presented with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, which induce congenital anomalies, cretinism, deaf mutism, psychomotor defects and severe goiter.About 17 years after the initiation of salt iodization in Iran, this...