Serum hormone levels in hypothyroid mice (IMAGE)

Nanjing University School of Life Sciences

Serum hormone levels in hypothyroid mice

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Serum hormone levels in hypothyroid mice fully recovered within 4 weeks after receiving an intrasplenic thyroid transplant and remained stable for 16 weeks thereafter. Hormone levels in these ST mice declined immediately after the splenectomy of the spleen containing the thyroid gland.

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Lei Dong

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