“…In keeping with this theory, the organic blood iodine level in the above group of myxedema cases was low: the relative increase in the inorganic blood iodine of these cases suggests an inability of the thyroid gland to synthesize iodine into an organic form. It is interesting to note that reports in the literature have indicated that the total blood iodine is low in cases of myxedema (3,4). This is not, however, of diagnostic significance due to overlapping with the range of that found in normals.…”