What is the most common cause of endemic goiter worldwide?
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Correct answer: Iodine deficiency
Dietary iodine deficiency is the most common cause of goiter globally. Lack of iodine leads to decreased thyroid hormone synthesis, a compensatory rise in TSH, and subsequent hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the follicular cells.
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