Article
The variable clinical phenotype in thyroid hormone resistance syndrome.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 1994
Beck-Peccoz P, Chatterjee V K
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormone resistance syndrome (RTH) is a rare disorder characterized by elevated levels of circulating free thyroid hormones, inappropriate TSH secretion, and reduced peripheral tissue responses to iodothyronine action. On the basis of clinical features, at least two different forms of RTH have been described: generalized resistance (GRTH) in which patients are asymptomatic with few clinical signs and...
Topics
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pituitary Gland
- Thyroglobulin
- Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndrome
- Thyroid Hormones