Thyrotropin Affects the Vascular Diameter of Capillaries Surrounding the Thyroid (IMAGE)

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Thyrotropin Affects the Vascular Diameter of Capillaries Surrounding the Thyroid

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Changes in vascular diameter with normal (left), less than normal (middle), and higher (right) levels of the hormone thyrotropin. Excess of thyrotropin stimulation is associated with human thyroidal diseases like hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease, goiter, and cancer.

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