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THE iodine content in normal human eye tissues is of interest not only because it gives knowledge of chemical parameters in the living organism but also because thyrotropic oculopathy is related to iodine metabolism. There have been no data available on the iodine content in the eye tissues, and we have therefore undertaken the present investigation.
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DE JORGE, F., JOSÉ, N. Iodine Contents of Normal Human Eye Tissues. Nature 214, 491–492 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214491b0
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