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A child with resistance to thyroid hormone without thyroid hormone receptor gene mutation: a 20-year follow-up.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2008
Hamon Beatrice, Hamon Patrick, Bovier-Lapierre Michel, Pugeat Michel, Savagner Frederique, Rodien Patrice, Orgiazzi Jacques
Abstract excerpt
We report here the 20-year follow-up study of a male subject diagnosed at 15 months of age as a sporadic case of pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone on the combination of clinical hyperthyroidism, elevated serum thyroid hormone (TH) levels and inappropriate thyrotropin (TSH). On D-thyroxine (D-T(4)) therapy from 30 months of age to 12.5 years, hyperactivity and hyperthyroid signs and symptoms as well as...
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