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>into the cells if it can get in.  Reverse T3 is the form that is not  
>usable,
>but it gets counted with the normal T3 in the usual blood tests that  only
>count iodine atoms on the molecule.

T3 is not supposed to include rT3 on the labs.  Other people have made this 
comment too, but when the lab test is run it's only supposed to include the 
proper form of T3.  I'm not sure how this is done, so I can't say how valid 
it is.

Skipper

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