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TRH
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TRH thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
TRH
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thyrotropin-releasing hormone

TRH,

TRH 
thyrotropin releasing hormone.
TRH stimulation test (TRH test) thyrotropin-releasing hormone test.

TRH
thyrotropin releasing hormone.

TRH
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone A tripeptide–pyroglutamic acid-histidine-proline of hypothalamic origin that releases TSH after receptor attachment and activation of cAMPase. See TSH.


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The TRH test showed a blunted thyrotropin response suggesting secondary hypothyroidism (thyrotropin deficiency), and thyroxine replacement therapy was started.
In the TRH tests, administered before treatment began, depressed patients as a group demonstrated lower output of thyrotropin, both at 8 a.
 
 
 
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