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The acetonitril test for thyroid and of some alterations of metabolism.

Publication Details

Amer J. Physiol., 63, 257-99. 1923 CE.

The acetonitril test was introduced by Hunt in 1905 (J. biol. Chem., 1, 33) and later modified by him. It shows the activity of thyroid preparations to be proportional to their iodine content.

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