Thyroid dysfunction in infants with severe intestinal insufficiency: a case series.

Gabriela Ibrahim Martins de Castro Mario Cicero Falcão Juliana Zoboli Del Bigio Werther Brunow de B Carvalho

Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2023)

This series of cases draws attention to thyroid dysfunction (hypothyroidism) in children with severe intestinal insufficiency receiving exclusive parenteral nutrition for a prolonged period, whose etiology is iodine deficiency, because, in Brazil, micronutrient solutions added to parenteral nutrition do not contain iodine.

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