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Thyrotropin receptor mutations in hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas from Brazil.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Nov 1999
Nogueira C R, Kopp P, Arseven O K, Santos C L, Jameson J L, Medeiros-Neto G
Abstract excerpt
Constitutively activating mutations in the thyrotropin (TSH) receptor have been identified as a major molecular cause of hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas. A smaller subset of these benign tumors is caused by constitutive activation of the adenylyl cyclase cascade by somatic mutations in the Gsalpha gene. In this study, we analyzed hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas from seven Brazilian patients for TSH receptor...
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