THE NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF ANTITHYROID COMPOUNDS AS A CAUSE OF SIMPLE GOITER
Authors: E B ASTWOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 June 1949THE NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF ANTITHYROID COMPOUNDS AS A CAUSE OF SIMPLE GOITERE. B. ASTWOOD, M.D., F.A.C.P.E. B. ASTWOOD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-6-1087 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs more is learned about the thyroid gland the more plausible is the concept that goiter is a compensatory enlargement consequent to some interference with normal thyroid function. The subject of continuing debate, however, relates to the relative importance of the numerous factors which are known to be or which are suspected of being concerned in thyroid hormone synthesis. While there can be no question of the fact that iodine is an essential dietary ingredient; and, while it is well established that iodine deficiency is a cause of simple goiter, there is reason to believe that goiter is not always...Bibliography1. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*John Phillips Memorial Lecture delivered at the Thirtieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, New York, N. Y., March 30, 1949.From the Joseph H. Pratt Diagnostic Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical School.The original work included in this review was supported in part by grants from the Committee on Endocrinology of the National Research Council, the American Cyanamid Company, and the United States Public Health Service. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBoron – A potential goiterogen?Scientific report of the Endocrine Active Substances Task ForceEndokrinologie in der KinderheilkundeDie SchilddrüseGoiterTHYROID SECRETION IN HEALTH AND DISEASEThyroiditis in ChildhoodSTUDIES ON EXPERIMENTAL GOITER : IV. 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