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Thyroid hormone resistance detected by routine neonatal screening.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Nov 2010
Maciel Léa Maria Zanini, Magalhães Patrícia Künzle Ribeiro
Abstract excerpt
We report the clinical and laboratory findings, and molecular analysis of a Brazilian patient with resistance to thyroid hormone syndrome (RTH) detected by neonatal screening. The index case was born at term by normal delivery with 2,920 g and 45 cm. TSH of the neonatal screening test performed on the 5(th) day of life was of 13.1 µU/mL (cut-off = 10 µU/mL). In a confirmatory test, serum TSH level was 4.3 µU/mL,...
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