Dietary maladvice as a cause of hypothyroidism and short stature.
- 28 January 1989
- Vol. 298 (6668) , 232-233
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.298.6668.232
Abstract
Restrictive diets for children can be dangerous. We describe a child who was given a restrictive diet for purported food sensitivity and presented with short stature and hypothyroidism due to dietary iodine deficiency.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Infant feeding practices: a cause for concern.BMJ, 1979