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  • n  anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland

  • These possible five are 1) thyrotropin, the thyroid-stimulator; 2) adrenotropin, which acts on the adrenals; 3) and 4), "FSH" and "LH" which affect the ovaries or testes; 5 .
  • Growth, according to the Carnegie Institution's Oscar Riddle, is due to a combined action of two pituitary hormones, prolactin and thyrotropin.
  • Javits will be injected with extremely high doses of thyrotropin releasing hormone, an expensive ($2,400 per gram) drug that has produced dramatic but short-term improvements in .
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  • Study examines prescribing of levothyroxine for borderline thyroid hormone levels
    A study of patients in the United Kingdom suggests widespread prescribing of the medication levothyroxine sodium to boost thyroid function among patients with borderline high levels of the thyroid-stimulating hormone thyrotropin (a sign of low thyroid function), raising the possibility of overtreatment, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
    Oct. 7, 2013 - EurekAlert!
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  • Bjorn in HealthJockey.com
    Bjørn O. Åsvold said, "Of these, 192 women and 164 men had thyrotropin levels within the clinical reference range of 0.5 milli-international units per liter to 3.5 million-international units per liter," the authors write.

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