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A case of thyroid hormone resistance: a rare mutation.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Dec 2014
Gonçalves Ana Pires, Aragüés José Maria, Nobre Ema, Barbosa Ana Paula, Mascarenhas Mario
Abstract excerpt
Reduced sensitivity to thyroid hormones (RSTH) is a rare disease that affects about 3,000 individuals, belonging to about 1,000 families. It results from reduced intracellular action of thyroid hormones (TH) genetically determined and manifests as persistent hyperthyroxinemia with non-suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). We describe a 67-years old, Caucasian woman, with past history of subtotal...
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