A new TRβ mutation in resistance to thyroid hormone syndrome.

Thyroid hormones (TH) exert their actions by binding nuclear receptors alpha (TRα1) and beta (TRß1 and TRß2). Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a clinical syndrome with various clinical manifestations, its hallmark being decreased tissue sensitivity to the action of thyroid hormones. We report the case of a family harbouring a novel TRß mutation.

IODINE STATUS IN PREGNANT WOMEN AFTER A DECADE OF UNIVERSAL SALT IODIZATION IN ROMANIA.

Objective: To assess iodine status (median urinary iodine concentration) in 118 pregnant women during the third trimester from endemic or non-endemic areas, a decade after implementation of Universal Salt Iodization in Romania.

Subjects And Methods: One hundred and eighteen pregnant women in the third trimester were included in the study group (age range: 16 - 46 years, mean age: 28.78 years).

THYROID METASTASIS FROM CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA OF THE KIDNEY 16 YEARS AFTER NEPHRECTOMY.

The thyroid gland is one of the most vascularized organs in the body. However, metastatic disease to the thyroid gland is rare. When it does occur kidney is the most common primary tumor site, followed by melanoma, lung, breast, esophagus, uterus and colon carcinoma.