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Squamosal Suture Craniosynostosis Due to Hyperthyroidism Caused by an Activating Thyrotropin Receptor Mutation (T632I).
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Oct 2015
Chawla Reeti, Alden Tord D, Bizhanova Aigerim, Kadakia Rachel, Brickman Wendy, Kopp Peter A
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BACKGROUND: Congenital hyperthyroidism can be a cause of failure to thrive, hyperactivity, developmental delay, and craniosynostosis during infancy. Most commonly, the condition occurs in the setting of maternal autoimmune thyroid disease. Rarely, congenital hyperthyroidism can also occur secondary to activating mutations within the thyrotropin (TSH) receptor. PATIENT FINDINGS: A Hispanic male infant presented at...
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