180:“Studies on the peripheral disappearance of thyroid hormones-ii-the effect of swimming for two hours on the 131-i distribution in thyroidectomized l-thyroxine maintained rats after the injection of 131-i labeled l-thyroxine”, en Acta EndocrinolĂłgica, 23 (1956), pages. 393-399; With F. Escobar del Rey, “The effect of thiouracil, methylthiouracil and propylthiouracil on the metabolism of thyroid hormones in thyroidectomized lthyroxine maintained rats”, en VV. AA., Advances in thyroid research, London, Pergamon Press, 1960, pages. 80-87. With F. Escobar del Rey et al., “Increase of the rate of release of thyroidal 131-i and of circulating thyrotropic activity at early stages of propylthiouracil treatment in the rat”, in Nature, 191 (1961), pages. 1171-1174. With S. Ares, “Thyroid disorders in newborns”, en VV. AA., Tiroides, Madrid, Mc Graw Hill, 2007, cap. 7; With M. J. ObregĂłn y F. Escobar del Rey, “Iodine deficiency and brain development in the first half of pregnancy”, in Public Health Nutrition, 10 (2007), pages. 1554- 1570. With J. Sánchez-Vera et al., “Inadequate iodine nutrition of pregnant women from Extremadura (Spain)”, in European Journal of Endocrinology, 159 (2008), pages. 439-445. With M. J. ObregĂłn, “Consequences of iodine and thyroid hormone deprivation on brain development”, in A. M. Pascual- Leone y J. M. Medina (eds.), Perinatal development: origin of adult pathologies, Madrid, Spanish High School, Royal National Academy of Pharmacy, 2008, pages. 107-130. With M. Rivas et al., “The dream protein is associated with thyroid enlargement and nodular development”, in Molecular Endocrinology, 23 (2009), pages. 862-870. With M. J. Costeira et al., “Parameters of thyroid function throughout and after pregnancy in an iodine-deficient population”, in Thyroid, 20 (2010), pages. 995-1001. With C. Grijota-MartĂnez et al., “Lack of action of exogenously administered t3 on the fetal rat brain despite expression of the monocarboxylate transporter 8”, in Endocrinology, 152 (2011), pages. 1713-1721.
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