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An Outline of Inherited Disorders of the Thyroid Hormone Generating System
1 Aug 2003
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To date, various genetic defects impairing the biosynthesis of thyroid hormone have been identified. These congenital heterogeneous disorders result from mutations of genes involved in many steps of thyroid hormone synthesis, storage, secretion, delivery, or utilization. In contrast to thyroid dyshormonogenesis, the elucidation of the underlying etiology of most cases of thyroid dysgenesis is much less...
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