Restrictive diets for children can be dangerous. We describe a child who was given a restrictive diet for purported food sensitivity and presented with short stature and hypothyrodism due to dietary iodine deficiency.
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Labib, M., Gama, R., Wright, J., Marks, V., & Robins, D. (1989). Dietary maladvice as a cause of hypothyroidism and short stature. British Medical Journal, 298(6668), 232–233. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.298.6668.232
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