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Ontogeny, Anatomy, Metabolism and Physiology of the Thyroid

In: Endotext [Internet]. South Dartmouth (MA): MDText.com, Inc.; 2000.
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Ontogeny, Anatomy, Metabolism and Physiology of the Thyroid

C Maenhaut et al.
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This chapter presents an analysis and a summarized synthesis of our present knowledge of the biology of the thyroid gland, phylogeny ,ontogeny ,anatomy ,structure ,general metabolism ,regulatory factors and hormones , signalling cascades and their regulations , ( eg TSH ), functions including iodine metabolism and thyroid hormones synthesis , control of gene expression ,differentiation and growth and cell proliferation .Emphasis is ,when possible , put on the human thyroid. The original primary literature,as well as reviews , over the last 50 years are comprehensively and critically analyzed with:600 references .

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