Relationship between Prevalence of Iodine Deficiency and COVID.19
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2020
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
Abstract
Iodine is an essential element which is important for synthesis of thyroid hormones to make their biological tasks, insufficiency of
this element lead to serious complications that when combined to global crisis, COVID.19 may lead to death. This review focused on
relation between prevalence of goiter in connection with COVID.19 and there is no significant linkage between prevalence of goiter
and that global health disorder (COVID.19), further studies required to check the role of iodine supplements in treatment or even
protection from the complications of COVID.19