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Thyrotropin receptor mutations as a tool to understand thyrotropin receptor action.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Dec 2001
Wonerow P, Neumann S, Gudermann T, Paschke R
Abstract excerpt
A large number of mutations have been identified in the thyrotropin (TSH) receptor (TSHR) gene causing human diseases. Toxic thyroid nodules are frequently associated with somatic constitutively activating TSHR mutations. Autosomal dominant non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism is caused by activating TSHR germline mutations. Inactivating germline mutations cause TSH unresponsiveness. Discovery of the different TSHR...
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