When Was Cretinism Discovered?
According to Cranefield [29], a Swiss Physician Felix Platter (1536–1614) Gave the First More Detailed Description of Cretinism in 1602: “It Is Usual That Many...
According to Cranefield [29], a Swiss physician Felix Platter (1536–1614) gave the first more detailed description of cretinism in 1602: “it is usual that many infants suffer from innate folly.
When is cretinism observed?
Cretinism is the most serious IDD and occurs when a pregnant women is severely iodine deficient.
What caused cretinism?
Cretinism may be caused by congenital causes like thyroid dysgenesis and ectopic thyroid gland. Cretinism may be caused by other causes like antithyroid medications and iodine deficiency.
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