[R.B.]

Here is another paper looking at the Wolff-Chaikoff effect, here again after ingestion / injection of a large amount of iodine there is a large fall in uptake, and temporary drop in T3 and T4, (T3 then recovers, and T4 increases) a metabolic adjustment but hardly a thyroid 'shutdown' as often described, in the in the normal sense of the word 'shutdown'.


http://endo.endojournals.org/content...expansion.html

http://endo.endojournals.org/content/140/8/3404.long