a cretin is an individual who lacks aldosterone hormone.
a cretin is an individual who lacks aldosterone hormone.
a cretin is an individual who lacks which hormone?
aldosterone
in patients who are truly hypo- or hyperthyroid, tbg testing is not very useful. however, if total thyroid hormone levels point to hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism in the absence of accompanying symptoms, the utility of tbg testing becomes more evident, since tbg production can be modified by other factors such as estrogen levels, corticosteroid levels, or liver failure. if, for example, the tbg level is high, which can occur when estrogen levels are high, the tbg will bind more thyroid hormone, decreasing the free hormone available in the blood, which leads to stimulation of tsh, and the production of more thyroid hormone. in this case, the total thyroid hormone level will be high. and so, when labeled hormone is added, since tbg is so high, once equilibrium between the binding of endogenous thyroid hormone and the labeled hormone is achieved, less free labeled hormone will be available for uptake into the resin. on the converse, in the presence of corticosteroids, which lower tbg levels, the total thyroid hormone (bound and free) in the blood will be low. thus, when the labeled hormone is added, since so little tbg is available in the blood, after equilibrium is achieved, only a small portion of it will bind, leaving plenty available for uptake by the resin
thyroxine-binding globulin
in 1987 cretin and derham hall merged into a co-ed facility to form cretin-derham hall high school. in september 1996 the athletic directors of the seven public high schools voted to recommend the exclusion of cretin when the new arlington high school began competing in varsity sports for the 1997-1998 season. whenever the public school coaches were polled about removing cretin they were overwhelmingly in favor. they offered to allow cretin play the conference as an independent and as a result not be eligible for conference titles or awards. the following spring the saint paul public schools superintendent decided not to bring the issue to the school board, which had the authority to drop cretin. the superintendent cited that the issue was too political to remove the only catholic school in a heavily catholic city. he also reasoned that it would be better to improve the competitive level of the public schools including the elementary and junior high sports teams. that plan would have cost seven figures and was quickly discarded. in the fall of 1998 cretin expressed interest in joining a new athletic conference. in 1999 supporters of humboldt high school asked the saint paul public schools superintendent to either remove cretin or find a new conference for humboldt to compete in because of the large gap in talent. a month later the public school's athletic directors agreed to support a proposal to remove cretin for the 2000-2001 school year. cretin applied at the same time to the now defunct st. paul suburban conference.
saint paul city conference