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Comment
. 2015 May;11(5):260-1.
doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.28. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Reproductive endocrinology: Iodine intake in pregnancy--even a little excess is too much

Sun Y Lee  1 , Elizabeth N Pearce  1
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Reproductive endocrinology: Iodine intake in pregnancy--even a little excess is too much

Sun Y Lee et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2015 May.

Abstract

Several studies have linked maternal iodine deficiency during pregnancy with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring. A new study warns that excessive iodine exposure might also be detrimental to maternal thyroid health and recommends a lower limit for maternal iodine intake during pregnancy than that currently advised by the WHO.

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