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In the last two decades ample evidence has accumulated to show that hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in infancy have serious effects on mammalian neurogenesis (Hamburgh 1969).
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Kovács, S. (1973). The Role of Thyroid and Adrenocortical Hormones in the Biochemical Maturation of the Rat Brain. In: Lissák, K. (eds) Hormones and Brain Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2007-4_5
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