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What 2 hormones would a person be unable to synthesize if they had the condition that caused abnormal thyroid gland function? What is this disease and what is it due to?
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thyroxine and triiodothyronine, goiter, due to lack of dietary iodine
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iodine deficiency is associated with what?
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presence of goiters, dry and puffy skin, loss of hair, lehtargy, slow heart beat, and cretinism or mental retardation (in infancy)
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What is the term for the mental retardation that occurs in infancy due to iodine deficiency?
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cretinism
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