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Select the correct statements given – 

Statement 1 - Deficiency of thyroid hormone in pregnancy, cause cretinism, mental retardation, abnormal skin and low intelligence in developing child.

Statement 2 - The irregular menstrual cycle in adult women due to hypothyroidism.

 

Option: 1

Statement 1 and statement 2 both are right.


Option: 2

Statement 1 is wrong , statement 2 is right.


Option: 3

Statement 2 is wrong , statement 1 is right.

 


Option: 4

Both the statements are wrong


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Deficiency of thyroid hormone in pregnancy, cause cretinism, mental retardation, abnormal skin and low intelligence in developing child.

Cretinism is a condition of defective development and stunted growth of a growing baby. The irregular menstrual cycle in adult women is due to a deficiency of iodine and hypothyroidism. 

Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

 

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