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euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia

Etiology: 1) thyroxine plasma membrane transport defect [1] 2) thyroid hormone resistance [2] 3) increased thyroid-binding globulin (TBG) caused by: a) estrogens b) hepatitis 4) familial dysalbuminemia 5) dystransthyretinemic hyperthyroxinemia - increased T4 binding to transthyretin 6) anti T4 antibodies

Related

euthyroid thyroxine (T4) thyroxine [T4] (total) in serum

Specific

euthyroid dystransthyretinemic hyperthyroxinemia familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia

General

hyperthyroxinemia

Database Correlations

OMIM correlations

References

  1. OMIM :accession 188560
  2. OMIM :accession 188570
  3. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 640