Role of iodine in pathogenesis of thyroid disease - is induction of apoptosis consequence of iodine cytotoxicity?

Iodine is one of the best-characterized environmental factors associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD). Epidemiological studies have shown that ATD incidence has increased following the introduction of salt iodination in the 1920s; in addition, ATD patients can improve upon iodine restrictio...

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Main Author: Marković Ljiljana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Medical Society 2017-01-01
Series:Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2017/0370-81791700093M.pdf