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"into a lymph node. Subsequent studies after
_ complete ablation of her thyroid gland have
revealed no indication of metastases. The
earlier cases of thyroid abnormalities have
been previously described (10, 13).
I would like now to say a few words
about thyroid abnormalities as related to
growth retardation in the children. As I
indicated earlier, we had long been puzzled
as to why these children had shown a slight
_ degree of retardation in growth. We knew
‘that the Japanese children had been re-
ported to have someslight retardation, particularly the male Japanese children at
Hiroshima, but that picture was confused
by such factors as physical and psychic
trauma andnutritional deficiencies. Wefelt
for any direct effect on epiphyseal growth.
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thyroid into blood vessel (Case 6#). (Elastic, x 100.)
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Ficure 12. Microscopic section of nodule in Fig-
ure 7 showing infolding of cpithelium in hyperplastic follicle. (Hematoxylin-cosin, x 150.)
‘that the bone dose in the case of the Marshallese children was too small to account