AD is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function, memory impairment, and decline in activities of daily living [2]
Notably, while excess iodine is well known to trigger thyroid autoimmunity in susceptible individuals, evidence from the literature is reassuring that an adequate iodine status (defined as a UIC between 100 g/L and 299 g/L) is safe in this regard [25, 26]
The textbooks specifically describe it as having no malignant potential, with only a single case ever reported of apparent malignant transformation
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Fortunately, since our study was from RCTs, conditions in the intervention group and the control group were similar in each study
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