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You See a Patient with a Goiter

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You see a patient with a goiter. You run some tests and find the patient is iodine deficient. Explain howiodine is used in the production of thyroid hormones. Also, explain how a goiter might form as a result of iodine deficiency. Be sure to include the role of TSH in your response.


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Type II Error

A statistical error occurring when a hypothesis test fails to reject a false null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested against experimental data.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, used as a criterion for deciding whether an observed effect is statistically significant.

Contract Vote

A term that may involve decision-making or voting processes related to agreements or contracts, but is not a recognized key term in a specific academic or technical context.

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