Article
[Pendred syndrome among patients with hypothyroidism: genetic diagnosis, phenotypic variability and occurrence of phenocopies].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2008
Banghová K, Al Taji E, Novotná D, Zapletalová J, Hníková O, Cáp J, Klabochová J, Kúseková M, Lebl J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pendred syndrome (OMIM274600) is one of the causes of congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dyshormonogenesis. It is an autosomal recessive disease classically characterized by dyshormonogenetic goitre and sensorineural deafness. It is caused by mutations in PDS/SLC26A4 gene encoding for pendrin--an anion transporter, mostly expressed in the thyroid gland and the inner ear. The thyroid impairment...
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