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  • Motnje zaradi pomanjkanja joda = Iodine deficiency disorders
    Pirnat, Edvard
    Iodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. It is also important in the regulation of thyroid growth and function. Thyroid hormones stimulate metabolic processes in the organism and ... are necessary for the growthand development of most organs, especially the brain. Iodine actively enters thyroid cells in the form of iodide. The thyroid adapts to iodine deficiency by increasing iodide uptake in the thyroid cells, by producing moretriiodothyronine (T3) than thyroxine (T4), by decreasing iodine storage inthe colloid and increasing proteolysis of thyroglobulin as well as by effective recycling of iodide within the thyroid cell itself. Iodine deficiency ranges from mild to moderate to severe. It is evaluated according to the prevalence of goiter, urinary and maternal milk iodine levels as well as the percentage of neonatal hypothyroidism. Goiter is the major consequence of iodine deficiency; however, its most serious complication is mental retardation and endemic cretinism. An epidemiological study performed from 1991-94 demonstrated the presence of mild iodine deficiency in Slovenia. Consequently, the implementation of higher iodine content in salt was recommended (25 mg of KI or 32 mg of KI03 per kg of salt). In order to evaluate the iodine supply after the increase in salt iodination, a new epidemiological study is planned in a few years' time.
    Source: Medicinski razgledi. Supplement. - ISSN 0353-3484 (Letn. 41, supl. 1, feb. 2002, str. 101-104)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2002
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 14856409

source: Medicinski razgledi. Supplement. - ISSN 0353-3484 (Letn. 41, supl. 1, feb. 2002, str. 101-104)

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