...Key Messages The microminerals iron, zinc, copper, selenium, manganese, iodine, chromium and molybdenum have important physiological functions. It is important to provide adequate amounts of microminerals in the diet since preterm infants are at increased risk of micromineral deficiencies...

... Abstract Iodine requirements are increased ≥50% during pregnancy. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can cause maternal and fetal hypothyroidism and impair neurological development of the fetus. The consequences depend upon the timing and severity of the hypothyroidism; the most severe...

... Abstract Iodine is an essential trace mineral, required for the production of thyroid hormone. Iodine deficiency may result in goiter, hypothyroidism, miscarriage, stillbirth, congenital anomalies, infant and neonatal mortality, and impaired growth. Adequate thyroid hormone is critically...

... Abstract The main change in thyroid function associated with the pregnant state is the requirementof an increased production of thyroid hormone that depends directly upon the adequateavailability of dietary iodine and integrity of the glandular machinery. In healthy pregnantwomen, physiological...

... Abstract Between 1996 and 2004, 27 patients with low grade gliomas (WHO grade I-II),10 patients with WHO grade III gliomas and 6 patients with glioblastoma multiforme (WHOgrade IV) were treated with stereotactic brachytherapy using low-dose rate iodine-125 (125I)isotope seeds at the Department...

... Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate histopathological changes and the role ofthe microglia/macrophage cell system in the therapeutic effect of iodine-125 (125I) interstitialbrachytherapy on cerebral gliomas. Out of a series of 60 cases harboring cerebral astrocytomasand other...