Giving 3 milligrams of reverse triiodothyronine daily for four days to 10 healthy people did not change their levels of thyroid hormones or the hormone that controls the thyroid, suggesting that this...

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Reverse triiodothyronine does not alter pituitary-thyroid function in normal subjects.

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1984 Jun

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Reverse triiodothyronine does not alter pituitary-thyroid function in normal subjects.

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DOI: 10.1210/JCEM-58-6-1184