A condition in infancy or early childhood due to an in-utero deficiency of THYROID HORMONES that can be caused by genetic or environmental factors, such as thyroid dysgenesis or HYPOTHYROIDISM in infants of mothers treated with THIOURACIL during pregnancy. Endemic cretinism is the result of iodine deficiency. Clinical symptoms include severe MENTAL RETARDATION, impaired skeletal development, short stature, and MYXEDEMA.
    

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Sporadic Cretinism

Types of "Indian Dwarfism"- giants and dwarfs, ascending line

Types of "Indian Dwarfism". front view

"Indian Dwarfism"-Euopean, "Dwarf", Native Faqir

George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928): archives

The imbecile and their training / Society for the Education of Imbecile Children in Scotland.

Klinische und anatomische Untersuchungen über den Cretinismus / von Wilhelm Scholz ; mit 1 Karte und 72 Abbildungen im Text.

Collected papers on goitre and cretinism 1913-1914 / by Robert McCarrison.

Relazione della commissione nominata d'ordine di S. M. Il Re di Sardegna per studiare il cretinismo.

Congenital Hypothyroidism

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George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928): archives

The imbecile and their training / Society for the Education of Imbecile Children in Scotland.

Klinische und anatomische Untersuchungen über den Cretinismus / von Wilhelm Scholz ; mit 1 Karte und 72 Abbildungen im Text.

Collected papers on goitre and cretinism 1913-1914 / by Robert McCarrison.

Relazione della commissione nominata d'ordine di S. M. Il Re di Sardegna per studiare il cretinismo.