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Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia: a rare example of albumin polymorphism and its rapid molecular diagnosis.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jun 2002
AvRuskin Theodore W, Juan Christina S, Weiss Roy E
Abstract excerpt
Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (FDH) is the most common cause of euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia, although a rare example of albumin polymorphism. FDH is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and is characterized by enhanced binding of thyroxine to a mutant form of albumin, probably at Site 1, subdomain 11A. Previous laboratory tests of FDH have been cumbersome, rarely available, and required...
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