Article
Familial unresponsiveness to thyrotropin by autosomal recessive inheritance.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1993
Takamatsu J, Nishikawa M, Horimoto M, Ohsawa N
Abstract excerpt
Unresponsiveness to TSH has been identified and sufficiently studied in only three patients. We report siblings with this defect as the first documentation of familial occurrence. A 26-yr-old woman was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism during infancy. The thyroid was atrophic, and thyroid...
Topics
- Adult
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Receptors, Thyrotropin
- Thyrotropin
- Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Triiodothyronine
