title: [Iodine deficiency diseases and pregnancy].
abstract: Iodine is a fundamental element of diet since it is important in thyroid hormone biosynthesis. Dietary iodine deficiency can provoke not only thyroid enlargement, but also symptoms and signs of hypothyroidism of various degree, known as "iodine deficiency disorders" (IDD). Thus, the iodine supplementation is mandatory. It can be obtained, in our regions, where subendemic deficiency is frequent, by adding iodine to salt. This is the only way to avoid anatomo-functional lesions, that are dramatic in pregnancy and childhood.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università degli Studi, L'Aquila.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Jannini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carosa
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Graziano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piersanti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Armiento
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Malattie da deficit dell'apporto iodico e gravidanza.