Question

cretinism is caused by which deficiency

Answer 1

Congenital iodine deficiencysyndrome, previously known ascretinism, is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth owing to untreated congenitaldeficiency of thyroid hormone (congenital hypothyroidism) usually owing to maternal hypothyroidism.

Answer 2

Answer:

Cretinism refers to severe hypothyroidism in an infant or child. This is classically the result of maternal iodine deficiency, and thankfully is increasingly rare.

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