Abstract
Summary
The hypercholesterolemia associated with chronic excess salt feeding is not due to hypothyroidism. As shown by thyroidal 131I uptake, by plasma protein-bound iodine concentrations, and by histological studies of thyroid biopsy specimens, there were no significant differences in thyroid function between dogs with and dogs without hypercholesterolemia chronically consuming a high-salt diet.
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