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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Estimation of Thyroid Gland Activity in the Snell Dwarf Mouse by Ultrastructural Observation of the Thyroid Gland, Measurement of Plasma Thyroxine Concentration and Thyroid Hormone Binding Capacity

Effie Howe, Christopher Howe and Irina Pollard

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 33(4) 471 - 478
Published: 1980

Abstract

An ultrastructural study of the thyroid gland of the Snell dwarf mouse showed cellular activity to be very low. Follicle cell diameters were significantly lower than in controls whilst the nucleocytoplasmic ratio was significantly higher.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9800471

© CSIRO 1980

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