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Expanding clinical spectrum of non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism due to an activating germline mutation, p.M453T, in the thyrotropin receptor gene.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Apr 2009
Supornsilchai Vichit, Sahakitrungruang Taninee, Wongjitrat Nattakarn, Wacharasindhu Suttipong, Suphapeetiporn Kanya, Shotelersuk Vorasuk
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe clinical and genetic features of a Thai family with non-autoimmune hyperthyroidism (NAH) caused by an activating germline mutation in the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) gene. PATIENTS: Three affected individuals from the same family (a father and his two children) were studied. Clinical and imaging findings were reviewed and compared. GENETIC ANALYSIS: Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral...
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