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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun;54(6):475-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.54.6.475.

A boy with low-TSH hypothyroidism

P J Smail, T E Isles, R S Ackroyd
Case Reports

A boy with low-TSH hypothyroidism

P J Smail et al. Arch Dis Child. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

A case of long-standing mild hypothyroidism is described. This was caused by partial TSH deficiency probably of hypothalamic origin, with no other pituitary hormone deficiencies, although with a decreased response of FSH and LH to LHRH.

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