Abstract
Thyroid hormone resistance is defined as a dominant hereditary condition in which the gene for the thyroid hormone receptor protein has mutated so that the normal binding of thyroid hormone on the T3 receptors in the cell nuclei of different organs is reduced. The condition is extremely rare, but important to be familiar with, because a missed diagnosis may result in incorrect treatment of the patient for proposed thyrotoxicosis due to high T4 and T3 concentrations.
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Nyström, E., Berg, G., Jansson, S., Tørring, O., Valdemarsson, S. (2011). Thyroid Hormone Resistance. In: Thyroid Disease in Adults. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13262-9_34
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