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Thyroid hormone receptor beta gene mutation (P453A) in a family producing resistance to thyroid hormone.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jan 2009
Bayraktaroglu T, Noel J, Alagol F, Colak N, Mukaddes N M, Refetoff S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a dominantly inherited syndrome characterized by decreased responsiveness of target tissues to thyroid hormone. Two members of a Turkish family, a mother and son, had thyroid function tests suggestive of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH). METHODS: The clinical presentation was, however, different. The mother (proposita) had palpitation, weakness, tiredness,...
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