title: [Discovery, in neonatal screening, of 2 families carrying a syndrome of generalized resistance to thyroid hormones].
abstract: The syndrome of generalized resistance to thyroid hormones is being increasingly diagnosed, albeit often belatedly. In the two families described herein the diagnosis was established when moderately elevated thyrotropin levels were found upon neonatal screening of a family member. The family studies identified other affected members with a pattern indicating autosomal dominant inheritance. Clinical and laboratory findings in the neonates were consistent with normal thyroid function and no treatment was given. In one neonate, fibroblast nuclear receptor studies failed to detect decreased affinity for triiodothyronine, a finding reported in most previously published cases; the mutation in this patient was different from the one described in 1989 by Sakurai et al., consistent with the known genetic heterogeneity of this syndrome. It has been suggested recently that treatment of affected neonates with large doses of thyroid hormones is safe and effective in ensuring normal growth. The neurodevelopmental effects of this treatment are unknown. Early treatment is possible when the syndrome is detected neonatally. We therefore advocate routine T4 assays in neonates with moderately elevated TSH levels.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Médicale Infantile, Pédiatrie B, Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poitrineau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malpuech
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nivelon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carla
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Loriette
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D010375:Pedigree; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Découverte, à partir du dépistage néonatal, de deux familles porteuses du syndrome de résistance généralisée aux hormones thyroïdiennes.