Thyroid Deficiency in Pregnancy Affects Child IQ
November 4th, 2009
Even a mild, symptom-free case of thyroid deficiency in a pregnant woman can affect her child’s IQ scores years later, results of a study suggest. Children aged 7 to 9 who had mothers with untreated hypothyroidism in pregnancy had IQ scores about 7 points lower than youngsters of women without such a deficiency, according to [...]