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CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 19-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.01.002
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The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that is located in the front of the neck just above the trachea; it weighs approximately 15 g to 20 g in the adult human. The thyroid produces and releases into the circulation at least two potent hormones, thyroxine (T-4) and triiodothyronine (T-3), that influence basal metabolic processes or enhance oxygen consumption in nearly all body tissues. Thyroid hormones also influence linear growth; brain function, including intelligence and memory; neural development; dentition; and bone development.
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