Resistance to thyroid hormone in a Turkish child with A317T mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor-beta gene

Poyrazoglu S., Tuetuencueler F., Bas F., Darendeliler F.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.50, sa.6, ss.577-580, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.577-580
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) syndrome is a rare disorder usually inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The combination of elevated serum levels of free thyroid hormones with elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suggest differential diagnoses of RTH, thyroxine-binding globulin abnormalities, familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinernia and TSH-secreting pituitary tumors. We report a patient with RTH in a Turkish family. The diagnosis was confirmed by the identification of a known disease-causing mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor-beta (THR beta) gene, but is the first published in the Turkish population. Genetic analysis of the mother and the patient yielded a mutation in the THRP gene, A317T, due to a base pair substitution of an adenine for a guanine.