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Familial dysalbuminemic hypertriiodothyroninemia: a new, dominantly inherited albumin defect.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1998
Sunthornthepvarakul T, Likitmaskul S, Ngowngarmratana S, Angsusingha K, Kitvitayasak S, Scherberg N H, Refetoff S
Abstract excerpt
We report the abnormal albumin in members of a Thai family that presented with high serum total T3 but not T4 when measured by radioimmunoassay. In contrast, total T3 values were very low when measured by ELISA and chemiluminescence. The subjects have no goiter, and clinically euthyroid. Their serum free T4, free T3, and TSH were normal. Spiking of T3 to affected serum showed good recovery by radioimmunoassay,...
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