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A case of Resistance to Thyroid Hormone without mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor beta.
Irish journal of medical science - 1 Jan 2000
McDermott J H, Agha A, McMahon M, Gasparro D, Moeller L, Dumitrescu A M, Refetoff S, Sreenan S
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BACKGROUND: Resistance to Thyroid Hormone (RTH) is a condition caused by tissue hyposensitivity to the effects of circulating thyroid hormone, and may be misdiagnosed as hyperthyroidism. AIMS: We report the first case of RTH in an Irish patient highlighting the clinical features and the pathophysiological mechanism underlying the characteristic laboratory abnormalities found in the condition. METHODS: We describe...
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