title: [The role of iodine in goitrogenesis].
abstract: Iodine deficiency remains the main goitrogenic factor which affects not only many developing countries, but still many areas in Western Europe. Iodine excess is much less often responsible for the development of goiter, but through the iodine-induced immune disturbances within the thyroid, could on a long run, appear also goitrogenic.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Médecine Nucléaire et Service d'Endocrinologie, Université de Louvain, Belgique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beckers
mesh_terms: D006042:Goiter / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Le rôle de l'iode dans la goitrogenèse.