this decrease in t3 was significantly ( p less than 0-001 ) more pronounced in kwashiorkor of recent onset than in long-term p.c.m. , a finding which suggests that impaired thyroxine ( t4 ) monodeiodination in the liver was responsible for the fall in serum-t3 concentration rather than a reduction in the secretion of t3 by the thyroid .
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