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1 Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis
Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. T4, thyroxine; T3, triiodothyronine; TRH, thyrotropin-releasing hormone; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone. (Redrawn and modified, with permission, from Gardner DG et al, eds. Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 9th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2011.) Source: Thyroid Disease, Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e Citation: Hammer GD, McPhee SJ. Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 7e; 2013 Available at: Accessed: March 10, 2018 Copyright © 2018 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved

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