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Congenital Neonatal Hyperthyroidism Caused by Germline Mutations in the TSH Receptor Gene
1 Jan 2008
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal hyperthyroidism, a rare and serious disorder, occurs in two forms. An autoimmune form associated with maternal Graves' disease, resulting from transplacental passage of maternal thyroid-stimulating antibodies, and a non-autoimmune form, resulting from mutations in the stimulatory G protein or the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) causing constitutive activation of intracellular signaling cascades. To date, 29...
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