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Thyroperoxidase gene mutations in congenital goitrous hypothyroidism with total and partial iodide organification defect.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2003
Nascimento Antonio C, Guedes Dulce R, Santos Cecilia S, Knobel Meyer, Rubio Ileana G S, Medeiros-Neto Geraldo
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the thyroperoxidase (TPO) gene have been reported as being the most severe and frequent abnormality in thyroid iodide organification defect (IOD) causing goitrous congenital hypothyroidism. The objective of this study was to screen and subsequently identify TPO gene mutations in patients with congenital hypothyroidism with evidence of total iodine organification defects (TIOD) or partial iodine...
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