Thyroid hormone resistance syndromes.

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(93)90155-i

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Thyroid hormone resistance syndromes.

The American journal of medicine - 1 Apr 1993

McDermott M T, Ridgway E C

Abstract excerpt

The thyroid hormone resistance syndromes are disorders in which the body's tissues are resistant to the effects of thyroid hormone. Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone (GRTH) is characterized by resistance in the pituitary gland and in most or all of the peripheral tissues. Affected individ...

Topics

Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Resistance
Humans
Mutation
Pituitary Gland
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
Syndrome
Thyroid Diseases
Thyroid Function Tests
Thyroid Hormones
Thyrotropin

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