Recent Advances in Thyroid Hormone Regulation: Toward a New Paradigm for Optimal Diagnosis and Treatment
In thyroid health, the pituitary hormone thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) raises glandular thyroid hormone production to a physiological level and enhances formation and conversion of T4 to the biologically more active T3. Overstimulation is limited by negative feedback control. In equilibrium defi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00364/full |