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Pendred syndrome.
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Dec 2003
Glaser Benjamin
Abstract excerpt
Pendred Syndrome, first described in 1896, is phenotypically characterized as the coexistence of sensorineural deafness and enlarged goiter with elevated iodine discharge after perchlorate administration. In 1996 the syndrome was mapped to chromosome 7 and the following year, the responsible gene was cloned and mutations were identified. The gene, pds, codes for a 780 amino acid protein, pendrin, which functions...
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