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The isolation in crystalline form of the compound containing iodine, which occurs in the thyroid; its chemical nature and physiologic activity.
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J. Amer. med. Ass., 64, 2042-43; Trans. Ass. Amer. Physicians, 30, 420-49. 1915 CE.
Kendall isolated in crystalline form the thyroid hormone “thyroxine” on Christmas Day, 1914.
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| Entry Number | #1133 |
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