Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 39-50 , February 2010

Cretinism revisited

  • Zu-Pei Chen (Chairman, Regional Coordinator, Former Director)

      Affiliations

    • National IDD Advisory Committee to Ministry of Health, P. R. China
    • China and Eastern Asia Region, ICCIDD, P. R. China
    • The Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, No. 22 Qixiantai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, No. 22 Qixiantai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China. Tel./Fax: +86 22 23340048.
    • ,
  • Basil S. Hetzel, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FFPH, FFAPHM, FTSE (Former Executive Director and then Chairman of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD))

      Affiliations

    • Michell Building, Women's & Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 8 8161 7021; Fax: +61 8 8161 7221.

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.08.014

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