Relationship of iodine excess with thyroid function in 6-year-old children living in an iodine-replete area.

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) · 2023 · PMC9968830 · PMID 36860373

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Although iodine excess was reported to be prevalent in Korean children, 6 to 19 years of age, this is the first study showing a decreasing trend of FT4 and T3 levels within the normal range in the iodine excess group and an increasing trend of log-TSH levels, with higher urine iodine excretion in Korean prepubertal children.

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