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Pituitary and peripheral resistance to thyroid hormone.
Clinical Endocrinology
|May 1, 1979
Summary
This study details a patient with paranoid schizophrenia exhibiting partial resistance to thyroid hormone, characterized by elevated thyroid hormones and increased metabolic clearance and production rates, despite normal TSH levels.
Area of Science:
- Endocrinology
- Neuroendocrinology
- Metabolic Disorders
Background:
- A patient with paranoid schizophrenia and granulocytopenia presented with elevated serum total and free thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) levels.
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were normal, with no clinical signs of hyperthyroidism, goiter, Graves' disease, or pituitary tumor.