Article
Autoimmunity in patients with resistance to thyroid hormone.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 2010
Barkoff Marla S, Kocherginsky Masha, Anselmo João, Weiss Roy E, Refetoff Samuel
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is an inherited syndrome most often caused by thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRbeta) gene mutations. Given that autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is prevalent in the general population, its coexistence with RTH has been presumed coincidental. It was recently proposed that chronic TSH stimulation in RTH may induce an autoimmune response, thereby increasing the chance of...
Topics
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmunity
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Odds Ratio
- Regression Analysis
- Thyroid Hormone Receptors beta
- Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndrome
- Thyroid Hormones
