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Transport and metabolism of thyroid hormones
Transport and metabolism of thyroid hormones
Forms of T4 and T3 in serum and pathways of T4 and T3 production and degradation.
T3: triiodothyronine; T4: thyroxine; TBG: thyroxine-binding globulin; TTR: transthyretin.
Adapted from: Utiger RD. The Thyroid: Physiology, thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, and the painful thyroid. In: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 3rd ed, Felig, R, Baxter, JD, Frohman, LA (Eds), McGraw-Hill, 1995.
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