Article
Pathology of the TSH receptor.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Apr 1999
Duprez L, Parma J, Van Sande J, Rodien P, Sabine C, Abramowicz M, Dumont J E, Vassart G
Abstract excerpt
Gain of function and loss of function mutations of the TSH receptor have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various thyroid diseases. Gain of function mutations, when somatic, are the first cause of autonomous nodules; when germline, they are responsible for hereditary non-autoimmune toxic thyroid hyperplasia and for some cases of sporadic congenital hyperthyroidism. A subset of mutations modifying the...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Mutation
- Receptors, Thyrotropin
- Thyroid Neoplasms
