Neonatal hyperthyroidism and long-acting thyroid stimulator protector.
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Neonatal hyperthyroidism has been thought to result from transplacental passage of long-acting thyroid stimulator (L.A.T.S.) from a mother with Graves's disease. A case is presented here in which no L.A.T.S. was detected in the mother or neonate but another immunoglobulin, L.A.T.S. protector, a specific human thyroid stimulator, was shown to be present in the mother's serum. This stimulator may have been the cause of the neonatal hyperthyroidism.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 5961 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974