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. 2012 Jul 25;2012:578497. doi: 10.1155/2012/578497

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Copyright © 2012 Seong-Mo Kim et al.

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Representative histopathological profiles on the thyroid glands of intact control (a, b), LT4 control (c, d), PTU 10 mg/kg (e, f), BR 300 (g, h), 150 (i, j), and 75 (k, l) mg/kg treated rats. LT4 treatment-related thyroid gland atrophic changes were dramatically inhibited by PTU 10 mg/kg and all three different dosages of BR-treated rats as compared with LT4 control rats. BR: aqueous Bupleuri Radix extracts; LT4: levothyroxine; PTU: propylthiouracil; FO: follicle; PT: parathyroid glands. All H&E stain; scale bars = 80 μm.