But most also say the findings hint at a medical puzzle: Why are
thyroid abnormalities so common in children?
Not exact matches
So when the first round of exams started turning up
thyroid abnormalities in nearly half of the kids, of whom more than 100 were later diagnosed with
thyroid cancer, a firestorm erupted.
The large number of
abnormalities appearing
so soon after the accident «would indicate that these children almost certainly received a very high dose of
thyroid radiation from inhaled and ingested radioactive iodine,» antinuclear crusader Helen Caldicott wrote in a post on her homepage.
Scientists are puzzled over a high number of
thyroid abnormalities observed
so soon after the accident.