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1519455

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of mild/moderate iodine deficiency during the fetal/neonatal life on neuropsychological performances are still poorly defined. In this research we analyzed some parameters of cognitive performance with sensitive psychometric tests in children living in an area with moderate iodine deficiency. Each subject was submitted to the following neuropsychological tests: 1) a reaction time (RT) session, 2) the block design subtest of the WISC-R, 3) the coding subtest of the WISC-R. No significant difference was found between children with mild iodine deficiency and controls, for block design and coding tests. On the other hand controls had significantly faster RTs. Our data show that exposure to mild iodine deficiency in fetal/neonatal life does not affect general cognitive performance but influences the velocity of motor response to visual stimuli, which may be due to an alteration of the efficiency of the information processing mechanism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0303-8173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
57-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Mild iodine deficiency in fetal/neonatal life and neuropsychological performances.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article