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In older adults who are sick and hospitalized but have normal thyroid function, the active thyroid hormone T3 is lower than in healthy younger people, while the inactive precursor T4 is higher,...
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LOW SERUM l‐T3 LEVELS IN THE ELDERLY SICK: PROTEIN BINDING, THYROID AND PITUITARY RESPONSIVENESS, AND REVERSE T3 CONCENTRATIONS
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
1977 OctContradicting (0)
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