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Periodic Paralysis as a New Phenotype of Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Syndrome in a Chinese Male Adult.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2016
Ma Shikun, Hu Mingming, Yang Hongbo, Lian Xiaolan, Jiang Yanqiu
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CONTEXT: A majority of patients with resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) are asymptomatic, whereas some patients show signs of hyperthyroidism, or hypothyroidism, or both. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is the most common form of acquired periodic paralysis. However, it has not been reported in a patient with RTH up to now. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated a 36-year-old male patient from China with elevated serum free T4...
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