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A novel peculiar mutation in the sodium/iodide symporter gene in spanish siblings with iodide transport defect.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2002
Kosugi Shinji, Okamoto Hiroomi, Tamada Aiko, Sanchez-Franco F
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we reported two Spanish siblings with congenital hypothyroidism due to total failure of iodide transport. These were the only cases reported to date who received long-term iodide treatment over 10 yr. We examined the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) gene of these patients. A large deletion was observed by long and accurate PCR using primers derived from introns 2 and 7 of the NIS gene. PCR-direct...
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