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Although the thyroid gland releases the hormones which govern growth and metabolism, the brain (the pituitary and the hypothalamus)

Review Date: 9/27/2005
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team and J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director RxRemedy

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