The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

Thyroid Hormones and TSH Profiles of Goitrous School - Children in Tripura, North East India


Affiliations

  • University of Calcutta, Department of Physiology, Calcutta, 700 009, India

Abstract

The importance of iodine as an essential element arises from the fact that it is a constituent of thyroid hormone-thyroxine (T4) and tri iodothyronine (T3). Thyroid hormones are essential for normal growth including physical and mental development in man and animal1. The basic effect of iodine deficiency is to interfere with the production of thyroid hormones.

Subject Discipline

Health Care and Hospital Management

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