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Sulfate transport is not impaired in pendred syndrome thyrocytes.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1999
Kraiem Z, Heinrich R, Sadeh O, Shiloni E, Nassir E, Hazani E, Glaser B
Abstract excerpt
Pendred syndrome is the most common form of syndromic deafness, characterized by dyshormonogenic goiter associated with sensory-neural deafness. The gene responsible for the disease (PDS) has been cloned, but its function is as yet unknown and the connection between thyroid goiter and sensory-neural deafness remains an enigma. PDS codes for a novel protein, pendrin, which is closely related to a number of sufate...
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