- triiodothyronine resin uptake
- the uptake of radioactive triiodothyronine at binding sites on resin, contrasted to uptake at sites on thyroxine-binding globulin in the triiodothyronine resin uptake test (see under test).
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triiodothyronine resin uptake
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