Thyroid hormone resistance syndromes.

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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 individuals have elevated serum thyroid hormone levels and inappropriately normal or elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone...

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