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Familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia: a rapid and novel mass spectrometry approach to diagnosis.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Jul 2016
Ryan Joshua B, Brennan Stephen O, Potter Howard, Wolmarans Louise, Florkowski Christopher M, George Peter M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia is an important cause of discordant thyroid function test results (due to an inherited albumin variant); however, the diagnosis can be challenging. A 51-year-old man had persistently elevated free thyroxine (T4), with discordant normal thyroid-stimulating hormone and normal free triiodothyronine. He was clinically euthyroid and had a daughter with similar...
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