[The use of antioxidants in children with diffuse endemic goiter]

Activity of lipid peroxidation and antioxidation activity was investigated in 33 children with endemic goiter in 13 children with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis bu the method of chemiluminescation of blood. The control group was consisted of 20 healthy children. Disbalance in the system "Lipid peroxidation-antioxidation activity" (LP-AOA) was revealed in 72% of children with endemic goiter and in 92% of children with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Vegetable antioxidant "Neonivit" and vitamin "Aevit" were used to used to correct the changes LP-AOA system in children with endemic goiter. The effect was received in 70% of cases that allows recommending these antioxidants in the complex treatment of endemic goiter.