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Case Reports
. 1976 Jul;51(7):565-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.51.7.565.

Neonatal thyrotoxicosis is associated with transplacental passage of human thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (HTSI)

I Mitchell, G Shenfield, J Brash
Case Reports

Neonatal thyrotoxicosis is associated with transplacental passage of human thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (HTSI)

I Mitchell et al. Arch Dis Child. 1976 Jul.

Abstract

A woman who developed thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy had a high level of HTSI at the time of delivery. The baby had high levels of HTSI initially but, unlike the mother, the levels fell, giving a half-life of HTSI of 10 days.

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