JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.101, no.8, pp.2945-2954, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Context: Recently several patients with resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH)-alpha due to T-3 receptor-alpha (TR alpha) mutations were identified. The phenotype of these patients consists of varying degrees of growth impairment, delayed bone, mental and motor development, constipation, macrocephaly, and near-normal thyroid function tests.