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. 2015 May 13;24(6):1117–1125. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.05.006

Table 2.

Results of stereological analysis of thyroid gland after treatment with thyroid hormones.

	Control	T3-treated	T4-treated
V_v colloid (μm⁰)	0.450 ± 0.0329	0.542 ± 0.0217^⁎	0.615 ± 0.0258^⁎⁎
V_v follicular epithelium (μm⁰)	0.348 ± 0.0172	0.248 ± 0.0031^⁎⁎	0.216 ± 0.0115^⁎⁎⁎
V_v follicles (μm⁰)	0.723 ± 0.0633	0.785 ± 0.0185	0.834 ± 0.0098
V_v interstitium (μm⁰)	0.202 ± 0.0179	0.222 ± 0.0135	0.167 ± 0.0098
Thyroid activation index (I_a)	0.795 ± 0.0979	0.453 ± 0.0240^⁎⁎	0.347 ± 0.0331^⁎⁎
Follicular cells height (μm)	8.26 ± 0.452	4.66 ± 0.368^⁎⁎⁎	4.51 ± 0.225^⁎⁎⁎

^⁎

p < 0.05 vs. control.

^⁎⁎

p < 0.01 vs. control.

^⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001 vs. control.