![Sample our Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5944/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Medicine-Dentistry-Nursing-Allied-Health.jpg"})
Abstract
The iodine content of thyroid tissue from patients with autoimmune thyroid itis was determined in 10 cases. The concentration was usually below 60 μg/g of tissue wet weight and the total content below 4000 μg. The thyroidal proteins were studied in 8 patients. In four thyroglobulin formed from 25 to 52 per cent of the thyroid proteins. Two patients who had the lowest iodine content were hypothyroid. There is a correlation between the decrease in thyroglobulin, the decrease in iodine content, and the appearance of clinical hypothyroidism.