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familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia
Etiology:
- increase affinity of albumin for thyroxine (T4)
Epidemiology:
- most common cause of inherited euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia in Caucasian population
Genetics:
- associated with defects in albumin
Clinical manifestations:
- persons are euthyroid
Laboratory:
- serum thyroxine is increased
- free T4 is normal or increased
- serum TSH should be low to normal
General
euthyroid hyperthyroxinemia
inborn error of metabolism
Database Correlations
OMIM 103600
MORBIDMAP 103600
References
OMIM :accession 103600