Cretinism
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Used for
cretinoid idiocy, myxedematous infantilism
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Broader Terms
congenital disorder, hypothyroidism
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Wherever endemic goitre is present, endemic cretinism is present also, and it has been constantly observed that when a new family moves into a goitrous district, goitre appears in the first generation, cretinism in the second.
- Cretinism is another form of hypothyroidism developed in infants and small children.
- Wherever endemic goitre is See also:PRESENTpresent, endemic cretinism is present also, and it has been constantly observed that when a new See also:FAMILYfamily moves into a goitrous See also:DISTRICTdistrict, goitre appears in the first See also:GENERATION (from Lat.
- 6 Neurologic cretinism is characterized by motor ri 2000 gidity, a shuffling gait, deaf–mutism, and mental retardation, but not by hypothyroidism.
- The prevalence of endemic goitre and endemic cretinism is closely related to geological conditions.
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