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levothyroxine

Known as: T4, T4 Thyroid Hormone, L-T4 
The major hormone derived from the thyroid gland. Thyroxine is synthesized via the iodination of tyrosines (MONOIODOTYROSINE) and the coupling of… 
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Amino Acids, CyclicThyroid Hormones

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DextrothyroxineEferoxEltroxinEltroxine
GoiterHyperthyroxinemiaHypothyroidismIn Blood

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Disorders of the Thyroid Gland
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Endocrine changes during natural spawning in the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni. I. Gonadotropin, growth hormone, and thyroid hormones.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Changes of circulating thyroxine, triiodothyronine and reverse triiodothyronine after radiographic contrast agents.
Thyroid function was studied for 42 days in 58 patients, 28 of whome had euthyroid goiter, after urography (diatrizoic acid… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Direct immunoassay of triiodothyronine in human serum.
A sensitive and precise radioimmunoassay for the direct measurement of triiodothyronine (T(3)) in human serum has been designed… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Some physiological, biochemical, and behavioral consequences of neonatal hormone administration: cortisol and thyroxine.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The estimation of thyroxine in human plasma by an electrophoretic technique
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Chromatography of serum proteins in normal and pathologic sera: the distribution of protein-bound carbohydrate and cholesterol, siderophilin, thyroxin-binding protein, B12-binding protein, alkaline…
Chromatographic techniques have recently been introduced which provide new approaches to serum protein separation and… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The effect of thyroxine and other substances on the swelling of isolated rat liver mitochondria.
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Metabolism of tissues excised from thyroxine-injected rats.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The site of thyrotrophin and gonadotrophin production in the rat pituitary studied by McManus-Hotchkiss staining for glycoprotein.
ADAMS (1946) has summarized the evidence for the source of thyrotrophin in the pituitary. At that time the evidence available was… 
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