Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Low iodine intake during pregnancy may cause thyroid dysfunction, which might result in an inadequate foetal brain development. Although Latvia has been considered iodine replete, newborn TSH screening data suggest some iodine deficiency. In the absence of universal salt iodization programme we conducted a nation-wide study of pregnant women from all regions of Latvia.Methods: The study enrolled 426 pregnant women. They were asked to fill a...