Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodine deficiency disorders are considered as the most wide spread non infectious diseases of the humanity. Uzbekistan is in the zone of the severe iodine deficiency (ID). According to epidemiologic studies performed in 1998 endemic goiter (EG) prevalence was 80% whereas urinary iodine was <10 μg/l. In May, 2007 Uzbek government legislated the Salt Iodization Law and in 2009 ID evaluation was performed in the Uzbekistan using sentinel approach.<p cla...