Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, previously known as cretinism, is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth owing to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormone (congenital hypothyroidism) usually owing to maternal hypothyroidism. Around the world, the most common cause of congenital hypothyroidism is iodine deficiency. It has affected many people worldwide and continues to be a major public health problem in many countries. Iodine is an essential trace element, necessary primarily for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Iodine deficiency is the most common preventable cause of brain damage worldwide. Although iodine is found in many
Trace field of a representation algebra formula_12 is then as simple as possible, more precisely: The algebra formula_12 is called the quaternion algebra of formula_4. The quaternion algebra of formula_7 is called the "invariant quaternion algebra" of formula_4, denoted by formula_24. As for trace fields, the former is not the same for all groups in the same commensurability class but the latter is. If formula_4 is an arithmetic Fuchsian group then formula_26 and formula_24 together are a number field and quaternion algebra from which a group commensurable to formula_4 may be derived. The theory for Kleinian groups (discrete subgroups of formula_29) is mostly similar as