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Growth hormone and thyroid hormone are known to affect growth and development.
The present experiment was undertaken to assess GH levels in the serum and pituitary gland of
prophylthiouracil (PTU) treated rats.
The serum concentration of T4 were decreased during PTU treatment. Serum GH concentration
and pituitary GH content were decresed with severity of hypothyroid status. After withdrawl of PTU,
their levels were recovered gradually.
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