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Resistance to thyroid hormone in a Chinese family with R429Q mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor beta gene.
Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi - 1 Apr 2005
Kong A P S, Lam C W, Chan A O K, Yiu S F, Tiu S C
Abstract excerpt
The combination of elevated serum levels of free thyroid hormones with non-suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone suggests the differential diagnoses of resistance to thyroid hormone or thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary tumour. Clinical differentiation of these two conditions can be difficult, because patients with thyroid hormone resistance may exhibit various combinations of hypermetabolic and...
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