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Extreme thyroid hormone resistance in a patient with a novel truncated TR mutant.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2001
Phillips S A, Rotman-Pikielny P, Lazar J, Ando S, Hauser P, Skarulis M C, Brucker-Davis F, Yen P M
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a syndrome in which patients have elevated thyroid hormone (TH) levels and decreased sensitivity to its action. We describe a child with extreme RTH and a severe phenotype. A 22-month-old female presented to the NIH with goiter, growth retardation, short sta...
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