Over 60 people from the same family in São Miguel suffer from a hereditary disease that affects the way the body responds to thyroid hormones. This medical condition is called Resistance to Thyroid Hormones and has been studied for several years.
The unusual scale of this family, with such a high number of people affected by the same pathology, has attracted the attention of the scientific community. The fact that it is a hereditary disease means that the genetic predisposition is transmitted from generation to generation within this family from São Miguel. This case represents a rare example of familial aggregation of an endocrine condition that, although not common in the general population, may have greater prevalence in certain genetic lineages.
