Prevalence of mental retardation in urban and rural populations of the goiter zone in Northwest India

• Autori principali: Shailja Sharma (Autore), Sunil Kumar Raina (Autore), Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj (Autore), Sanjeev Chaudhary (Autore), Vipasha Kashyap (Autore), Vishav Chander (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The existence of an endemic goiter belt along the southern slopes of the Himalayas has been known for a long time. Prevalence of neonatal hypothyroidism is high and there has been little work on the prevalence of mental retardation in this part of India. Objective: The study was conducte...