In patients suffering from nontoxic goiter, TSH metabolic clearance and production rates are not higher than in normal subjects living in the same environment. Goiter maintenance is therefore not explained by an increased TSH secretion rate. Normal Belgian subjects living with a relatively iodine-deficient intake have a high TSH production rate, as compared to the values reported in the USA.
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Beckers et al. (1971) studied this question.