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Congenital hypothyroidism caused by a unique thyroid peroxidase allele containing two mutations, C1708T and C2737T.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Feb 2004
Umeki Kazumi, Yamamoto Ikuo, Yukizane Shigenori, Kotani Tomio
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is a key enzyme of thyroid hormone biosynthesis. TPO abnormality is considered to be a major cause of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with total iodide organification defect. In the present study, we examined the TPO gene of three siblings, 3 and 2 year-old brothers and a newborn sister, with severe CH. All 17 exons and the promoter region in the TPO gene were directly sequenced using...
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