Beginning in early gestation, maternal thyroid hormone production normally increases by
approximately 50% in response to increased levels of serum thyroxine-binding globulin …

Iodine deficiency affects more than 2.2 billion individuals worldwide (38% of the world's
population). Decreases in maternal T4 associated with even mild iodine deficiency may …

Iodine is a necessary element for the production of thyroid hormone. We will review the
impact of dietary iodine status on thyroid function in pregnancy. We will discuss iodine …

The main change in thyroid function associated with the pregnant state is the requirement of
an increased production of thyroid hormone that depends directly upon the adequate …

Hormonal changes and metabolic demands during pregnancy result in profound alterations
in the biochernical parameters of thyroid function. For thyroid economy, the main events …

DIETARY IODINE INTAKE IS OBLIGATORY FOR THE PRO-duction of thyroid hormones.
Despite substan-tial public health advances over the past 3 decades, iodine deficiency …

Reports in the literature are divided on changes in thyroid volume and urinary iodine
excretion (UI) during normal pregnancy. Reports from Ireland, an area of modest dietary …

Objective: To examine the importance of iodine nutrition during pregnancy. Design: Review
of existing literature of iodine in pregnancy. Setting: Population surveys and metabolic …

The fetus is totally dependent in early pregnancy on maternal thyroxine for normal brain
development. Adequate maternal dietary intake of iodine during pregnancy is essential for …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) recently increased their recommended
iodine intake during pregnancy from 200 to 250 μg/d and suggested that a median urinary …