Resistance to thyroid hormone and its molecular basis.

doi:10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03121.x

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Resistance to thyroid hormone and its molecular basis.

Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition - 1 Feb 1994

Refetoff S

Abstract excerpt

Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone (GRTH) is an inherited syndrome characterized by hyposensitivity of target tissues to thyroid hormone. The clinical presentation is variable. The syndrome is usually suspected when elevated serum thyroid hormone levels are associated with a non-suppressed...

Topics

Diagnosis
Drug Resistance
Female
Humans
Male
Mutation
Prevalence
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
Syndrome
Thyroid Hormones

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