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Question
What are the effects of hypothyroidism (observed during pregnancy) on the development and maturation of a growing baby?
Solution
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy causes defective development and maturation of the growing baby leading to stunted growth (cretinism), mental retardation, low intelligence quotient, abnormal skin, deaf-mutism, etc.
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