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Mice lacking the thyrotropin-releasing hormone gene: what do they tell us?
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2003
Yamada Masanobu, Satoh Tetsurou, Mori Masatomo
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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is localized in the brain hypothalamus and stimulates the secretion and synthesis of pituitary thyrotropin (TSH). Although TRH deficiency caused by artificial hypothalamic destructions has been reported to result in significant decreases in TSH secretion in rodents, clinical observations from the patients with possible TRH deficiency did not entirely agree with these animal...
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