Prenatal treatment of thyroid hormone cell membrane transport defect caused by MCT8 gene mutation.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first demonstration that prenatal treatment improved the neuromotor and neurocognitive function in MCT8 deficiency. Earlier treatment with TH analogues that concentrate in fetus when given to the mother may further rescue the phenotype. PMID: 32746752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research