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Thyvold cancer hes duvelolped in one atuit.
singie oceur-
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rence is not ce finitive evidence, tha possible relationship
of carcinorenasis
to fFaliout radiation must be seriously evaluated.
The effect of exogenously
administered thyroid hormone on the risk of cancer of the thyroid gland Su
the drradgticted humcn is unknown.
However, the suppression of nodule ferme-
tion in the divadiated thyroid gland of the rah has been reported”,
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Thé early clinical and endocrinoloric evaluations hnd not ¢elineated
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clearly the techanism for growth failure in soua of the Rongelav children!>,
Leter studies have deronstrated abnormalities that indicate, with increasing
probability, that the oe
er wth retardation has been the result of hypofunction
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ef the thyroid gland in these childrent®> 17
.
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.
the sienifitean: grevth spurt
du the most retarded children followingwe adwinistration of thyroid hovmore
eon be considercd ctrong corroborative evidence.
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