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Toxic multinodular goitre in a patient with generalized resistance to thyroid hormone who harbours the R429Q mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor beta gene.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jan 2001
Taniyama M, Ishikawa N, Momotani N, Ito K, Ban Y
Abstract excerpt
The association of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) due to a receptor defect with toxic multinodular goitre or with carcinoma of the thyroid has not been previously reported. Previous histopathological studies of the thyroid gland in patients with RTH have revealed changes similar to multinodular goitre, probably due to continuous stimulation by TSH. We report here a case of generalized resistance to thyroid...
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