Search on:
IODINE DEFICIENCY
Descriptors Found:
1
Displaying:
1 .. 1
1 / 1
DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Iodine Deficiency
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Deficiencia de Yodo
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Deficiência de Iodo
Synonyms
English
:
Iodine Deficiency, Primary
Tree Number:
SP6.016.052.068.134
Definition
English
:
Dietary
iodine deficiency
that causes endemic
goiter
. The main source of this mineral in the diet are fish and iodized salt. In
pregnant women
, this deficiency is serious because it causes cretinism in
infants
, a
syndrome
characterized by mental illness, spastic diplegia, deaf-mutism, disatria and
hypothyroidism.
See Related
English
:
Goiter, Endemic
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DT
drug therapy
ET
etiology
ME
metabolism
PC
prevention & control
TH
therapy
Record Number:
16596
Occurrence in VHL
:
Similar:
DeCS
CID-10
SciELO
LILACS
LIS