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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Main Authors: Rudolf Hoermann, John E. M. Midgley, Rolf Larisch, Johannes W. Dietrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00364/full