Familial gestational hyperthyroidism caused by a mutant thyrotropin receptor hypersensitive to human chorionic gonadotropin

N Engl J Med. 1998 Dec 17;339(25):1823-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199812173392505.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / blood
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / physiology
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / genetics*
  • Mutation, Missense*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology*
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin / genetics*
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin / physiology
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin