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Iodine deficiency and thyroid nodules

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Availability of longitudinal data on the evolution of thyroid nodules and how this progression is influenced by changes in iodine intake is limited. A systematic 11-year follow-up study in Danish adults offers new insights into the relationships between thyroid nodularity, age and iodine intake.

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  • 30 October 2014

    In the version of this article originally published online, the ">" symbol was missing before 35–40 years in the sentence "Together, these studies suggest that iodine repletion in adults aged >35–40 years does not reduce prevalences of thyroid nodularity...". This has now been corrected for the print and online versions of the article.

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Zimmermann, M. Iodine deficiency and thyroid nodules. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 707–708 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.187

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