because the liver is of considerable importance in metabolism of thyroid hormones , plasma levels of thyroxine ( t4 ) , triiodotyronine ( t3 ) with their unbound fractions ( ft4 and ft3 ) , reverse t3 ( rt3 ) -- an inactive isomer of t3-tyrotropin ( tsh ) and tsh response to thyrotropin releasing hormone ( trh ; 250 micrograms i.v . ) were determined by radioimmunoassays in 50 clinically euthyroid patients with alcoholic cirrhosis .
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liver
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alcoholic cirrhosis