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Lack of reported mutations in a Japanese case of toxic multinodular goiter.
ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties - 1 Jan 2000
Hanamitsu Masakazu, Takeuchi Eiji, Kitanishi Tsuyoshi, Sakurai Hironori, Tanaka Hiroshi, Kitano Hiroya
Abstract excerpt
We describe a toxic multinodular goiter that was subjected to genomic sequencing of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor and the alpha-subunit of the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein. No mutation was detected in either gene. While frequent occurrence of thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor gene mutations in toxic multinodular goiters has been reported in areas such as part of Europe with a...
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