Maternal iodine status in a multi-ethnic UK birth cohort: associations with autism spectrum disorder

• Main Authors: Kirsten Jade Cromie (Author), Diane Erin Threapleton (Author), Charles Jonathan Peter Snart (Author), Elizabeth Taylor (Author), Dan Mason (Author), Barry Wright (Author), Brian Kelly (Author), Stephen Reid (Author), Rafaq Azad (Author), Claire Keeble (Author), Amanda H. Waterman (Author), Sarah Meadows (Author), Amanda McKillion (Author), Nisreen A. Alwan (Author), Janet Elizabeth Cade (Author), Nigel A. B. Simpson (Author), Paul M. Stewart (Author), Michael Zimmermann (Author), John Wright (Author), Dagmar Waiblinger (Author), Mark Mon-Williams (Author), Laura J. Hardie (Author), Darren Charles Greenwood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal iodine requirements increase during pregnancy to supply thyroid hormones essential for fetal brain development. Maternal iodine deficiency can lead to hypothyroxinemia, a reduced fetal supply of thyroid hormones which, in the first trimester, has been linked to an increa...