Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
February 1968
The plasma concentration of a pituitary hormone is determined by the rate of secretion, degradation, and the volume of distribution of that hormone. Using a radioimmunoassay for human thyrotropin (TSH) and human TSH-(131)I, we have estimated the rates of degradation and distribution of TSH in man and calculated the rate of secretion. Either 0.
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