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Science 7 August 1964:
Vol. 145. no. 3632, pp. 601 - 602
DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3632.601
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Protein-Bound Iodine in Serum of Rats Breathing 99 Percent Oxygen

Philip Felig 1, J. K. Goldman 1, and W. L. Lee Jr. 1

1 Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, Aerospace Medical Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Exposure of rats to 99 percent oxygen for 24 to 72 hours resulted in a significant fall in protein-bound iodine in serum. The fall was most prominent in the group treated for 72 hours and was not, however, associated with any detectable microscopic changes in thyroid structure.

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