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

Introduction: Median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is the most commonly used indicator
of population iodine nutrition. However, its validity as an indicator of dietary intake relies on …

Background: Iodine supplementation during pregnancy in areas with mild-to-moderate
iodine deficiency is still debated. Methods: A single-center, randomized, single-blind and …

Introduction The fetus is most vulnerable to severe iodine deficiency and hypothyroidism
during pregnancy. The effects of mild iodine deficiency and subclinical hypothyroidism are …

Background Iodine deficiency and thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy is associated with
number of adverse outcomes that includes mental and physical disabilities creating a huge …

Objective: The cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the iodine status of pregnant
and lactating mothers, using median urinary iodine excretion (UIE) as the measure of …

Objective Previous studies of the current iodine status in T urkey have yielded contradictory
results. Although urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in school age children (SAC) suggests …

Iodine supplementation during pregnancy in areas with mild-moderate deficiency is still a
matter of debate. The present study aimed at systematically reviewing currently available …

Objective To elucidate the persistence, or otherwise, of the pregnancy-related changes in
the iodine metabolism and thyroid function in a population residing in an area of mild iodine …

Objective Delivery of iodine to the foetus depends not only on maternal dietary iodine intake
but also on the presence of a functioning placental transport system. A role for the placenta …