Water goitrogens and endemic goitre in the Sudan

el Mahdi, E.; Eltom, M.; Karlsson, F.A.; Mukhtar, E.

Tropical and Geographical Medicine 38(2): 180-182

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232
PMID: 2426848
Document Number: 284852
The main cause of endemic goitre in the Sudan is dietary iodine deficiency. Water samples from four areas [Kass, Kosti, Wad Medani and Omdurman] two of which are known for endemic goitre did not appear to have any goitrogenic effect in our preliminary experiment using porcine thyroid follicle cell preparations.

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