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Society for Endocrinology BES 2018

Glasgow, UK
19 Nov 2018 - 21 Nov 2018

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The Society for Endocrinology BES will take place 19-21 Nov 2018 in Glasgow. Come and exchange knowledge, share experiences and strengthen collaborations across our global community of endocrinologists.

Society for Endocrinology BES 2018

Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal Lecture

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Disorders of Thyroid Hormone Action: insights into biological processes

Chatterjee Krishna

Disorders of thyroid hormone action are classified broadly, to encompass conditions with defective cellular uptake, metabolism or nuclear action of thyroid hormones. We describe recent insights into two rare disorders of thyroid hormone action. Impaired conversion of T4 to T3 enables recognition of a multisystem disorder due to mutations in SECISBP2 – a factor directing synthesis of 25 different human, selenocysteine-containing proteins that...