CellWell record HH-131990
Effects of Maternal Iodine Deficiency in Women with Mild Thyroid Dysfunction During Early Pregnancy on Mental and Motor Growth of Their Offspring During Levothyroxine Treatment
Tong Zhao; Chenyan Li; Haoyu Wang; Jiashu Li; Chuyuan Wang; Zhengnan Gao; Jianling Du; Weiping Teng; Zhongyan Shan
2026
In plain language
In a study of 113 mother-child pairs, maternal iodine deficiency in early pregnancy lowered offspring mental development scores and blocked the benefit of levothyroxine treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism or hypothyroxinemia.
- Evidence
- Emerging
- Design
- Primary research (design unspecified)
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