Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia explained

Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia is a type of hyperthyroxinemia associated with mutations in the human serum albumin gene.^[1] The term was introduced in 1982.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Petitpas I, Petersen CE, Ha CE, etal . Structural basis of albumin–thyroxine interactions and familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA . 100 . 11 . 6440–5 . May 2003 . 12743361 . 164465 . 10.1073/pnas.1137188100 . 2003PNAS..100.6440P . free .
2. Ruiz M, Rajatanavin R, Young RA, etal . Familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia: a syndrome that can be confused with thyrotoxicosis . New England Journal of Medicine . 306 . 11 . 635–9 . March 1982 . 6173750 . 10.1056/NEJM198203183061103.