Increased iodine intake and autoimmune thyroiditis: exclamation and question marks, facts and myths
	Critical Minireview P. LANGER Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlárska 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia Introduction Etiology of autoimmune thyroiditis Iodine intake in USA Excessive iodine intake and lymphoid thyroiditis in Japan General conclusions References