Thyroid function in acute intermittent porphyria: a neurogenic cause of hyperthyroidism? 1978

M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo

Thyroid function was investigated in 17 patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). In 13 patients in remission and latent for the disease, thyroid function was normal. In contrast, transient hyperthyoridism with elevated total T4, T3 free T4 and T3, and FTI levels occurred in one pregnant patient with severe attacks of AIP, and similar, though less pronounced, alterations in thyroid function were found in three other symptomatic female patients. It is suggested that increased thyroidal sympathetic neural stimulation is responsible for these changes in thyroid function.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006980 Hyperthyroidism Hypersecretion of THYROID HORMONES from the THYROID GLAND. Elevated levels of thyroid hormones increase BASAL METABOLIC RATE. Hyperthyroid,Primary Hyperthyroidism,Hyperthyroidism, Primary,Hyperthyroids
D008297 Male Males
D011164 Porphyrias A diverse group of metabolic diseases characterized by errors in the biosynthetic pathway of HEME in the LIVER, the BONE MARROW, or both. They are classified by the deficiency of specific enzymes, the tissue site of enzyme defect, or the clinical features that include neurological (acute) or cutaneous (skin lesions). Porphyrias can be hereditary or acquired as a result of toxicity to the hepatic or erythropoietic marrow tissues. Porphyria,Porphyrin Disorder,Disorder, Porphyrin,Disorders, Porphyrin,Porphyrin Disorders
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013961 Thyroid Gland A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively. Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D013974 Thyroxine The major hormone derived from the thyroid gland. Thyroxine is synthesized via the iodination of tyrosines (MONOIODOTYROSINE) and the coupling of iodotyrosines (DIIODOTYROSINE) in the THYROGLOBULIN. Thyroxine is released from thyroglobulin by proteolysis and secreted into the blood. Thyroxine is peripherally deiodinated to form TRIIODOTHYRONINE which exerts a broad spectrum of stimulatory effects on cell metabolism. L-Thyroxine,Levothyroxine,T4 Thyroid Hormone,3,5,3',5'-Tetraiodothyronine,Berlthyrox,Dexnon,Eferox,Eltroxin,Eltroxine,Euthyrox,Eutirox,L-3,5,3',5'-Tetraiodothyronine,L-Thyrox,L-Thyroxin Henning,L-Thyroxin beta,L-Thyroxine Roche,Levo-T,Levothroid,Levothyroid,Levothyroxin Deladande,Levothyroxin Delalande,Levothyroxine Sodium,Levoxine,Levoxyl,Lévothyrox,Novothyral,Novothyrox,O-(4-Hydroxy-3,5-diiodophenyl) 3,5-diiodo-L-tyrosine,O-(4-Hydroxy-3,5-diiodophenyl)-3,5-diiodotyrosine,Oroxine,Sodium Levothyroxine,Synthroid,Synthrox,Thevier,Thyrax,Thyroxin,Tiroidine,Tiroxina Leo,Unithroid,L Thyrox,L Thyroxin Henning,L Thyroxin beta,L Thyroxine,L Thyroxine Roche,Levo T,Thyroid Hormone, T4
D014284 Triiodothyronine A T3 thyroid hormone normally synthesized and secreted by the thyroid gland in much smaller quantities than thyroxine (T4). Most T3 is derived from peripheral monodeiodination of T4 at the 5' position of the outer ring of the iodothyronine nucleus. The hormone finally delivered and used by the tissues is mainly T3. Liothyronine,T3 Thyroid Hormone,3,3',5-Triiodothyronine,Cytomel,Liothyronine Sodium,Thyroid Hormone, T3

Related Publications

M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
July 1983, Casopis lekaru ceskych,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
September 2006, Annals of clinical biochemistry,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
September 1965, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
January 1989, Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
December 1977, The Journal of endocrinology,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
June 1967, Neurology,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
July 1989, Taiwan yi xue hui za zhi. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
December 2019, The Malaysian journal of pathology,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
May 1984, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology,
M J Brodie, and D J Graham, and A Goldberg, and G H Beastall, and W A Ratcliffe, and J G Ratcliffe, and P P Yeo
May 1970, Klinische Wochenschrift,
Copied contents to your clipboard!