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Toxicology of Industrial Compounds

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258 ENDOCRINE TOXICOLOGY OF THE THYROID<br />

Figure 19.2 Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid-liver (HPTL) axis.<br />

themselves from the hypothalamus or pituitary gland (see also review by<br />

Cavalieri and Pitt-Rivers (1981) and Atterwill et al. (1993)). For example,<br />

thyromimetics such as L-T 3 or D-T 3 can cause pituitary atrophy and<br />

thyroid ‘shutdown’ and toxicity due to suppressive effects on the<br />

thyrotrophs in the adenohypophysis (Atterwill, 1988).

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