Toxicity, Thyroid Hormone: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Toxicity, Thyroid Hormone: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Iodine is absorbed from the GI tract and is transferred to the thyroid gland where oxidization and incorporation into tyrosyl residues of thyroglobulin occurs. Tyrosine is further oxidized to form monoiodotyrosine (MIT) and diiodotyrosine (DIT). The ...

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Tags: Emergency, Gastroenterology, Gland, Hormone, Mineral, Iodine, Emergency Medicine

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Oral absorption of thyroid hormone can be erratic and decreases with age. Learn about thyroid hormone toxicity. http://bit.ly/9nAWTd

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