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The thyroid hormone known as T4 (aka: tetraiodothyronine or thyroxine) is produced in the greatest quantity. It is the pre-cursor to T3 and as such needs to be produced in greater quantities so it can be converted to its more potent form (T3) by enzymes called deiodinases.

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