Goiter of the Newborn

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IN the past few years, iodine, usually in the form of iodides, has been implicated as an etiologic agent in certain goiters of the adult.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 So-called "congenital" goiter, or goiter of the newborn, has been the subject of many reports. Since we do not propose to review the literature concerning goiter of the newborn, the reader is directed to the paper of Bongiovanni et al.,8 which surveys much of the available literature. In some cases the thyroid gland has been sufficiently enlarged to cause airway obstruction and death by suffocation. In others the tracheal compression has been somewhat less marked . . .

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