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

• Автори: Shailja Sharma (Автор), Sunil Kumar Raina (Автор), Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj (Автор), Sanjeev Chaudhary (Автор), Vipasha Kashyap (Автор), Vishav Chander (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: 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...