Hyperthyroidism caused by a germline activating mutation of the thyrotropin receptor gene: Difficulties in diagnosis and therapy

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-332

  Bertalan, Rita ^a   Sallai, Ágnes ^b   Sólyom, János ^b   Lotz, Gábor ^c   Szabó, István ^d   Kovács, Balázs ^d   Szabó, Éva ^e   Patócs, Attila ^c   Rácz, Károly ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Csolnoky F County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; IODINE 131; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXON; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN SCREENING; NODULAR GOITER; NONAUTOIMMUNE PRIMARY HYPERTHYROIDISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALMONELLOSIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENOME; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77649293811     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0182     Document Type: Article

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