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Treatment of pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone (PRTH) in an 8-year-old boy.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Mar 1996
Pohlenz J, Knöbl D
Abstract excerpt
We report on an 8-year-old boy with pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone (PRTH) having a cysteine for arginine substitution at codon 320 in the TR-beta gene who was presented because of thyrotoxicosis. Due to its suppressive effect on the pituitary thyrotropin secretion, treatment with D-thyro...
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