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2380506

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Neuropsychological assessment was carried out in schoolchildren from a montane area of Eastern Tuscany (Tiberina Valley). This area was found to be moderately iodine deficient (mean urinary iodine excretion: 39 micrograms/g creatinine), with a cumulative goiter prevalence of 51.9% in schoolchildren aged 6-14 yr (goiter prevalence in the control iodine-sufficient area: 5.6%). No significant differences in serum TT4, TT3, FT4I, TSH levels between the endemic and control areas were found, whereas serum thyroglobulin values were significantly higher in the iodine-deficient area (61 +/- 8 vs 17 +/- 1 ng/ml, p less than 0.01). No differences were found as to the height, body weight and pubertal development in the two areas. Neuropsychological assessment, performed in a representative sample of 50 schoolchildren from the endemic area and 50 schoolchildren from the control area, matched for age, sex and socioeconomical conditions, failed to show major differences between the two groups in the global neuropsychological performance and cognitive levels. However, minor but significant differences were noted in the information vocabulary and coding subtests, at least in children aged 8. Although familial cultural influences might play a role, it would appear that some marginal impairment, with particular regard to motor-perceptual functions, be present in areas of moderate iodine deficiency.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0391-4097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
427-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuropsychological assessment in schoolchildren from an area of moderate iodine deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Endocrinologia, Universita di Pisa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't