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Transcriptome, methylome and genomic variations analysis of ectopic thyroid glands.
PloS one - 15 Oct 2010
Abu-Khudir Rasha, Paquette Jean, Lefort Anne, Libert Frederick, Chanoine Jean-Pierre, Vassart Gilbert, Deladoëy Johnny
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital hypothyroidism from thyroid dysgenesis (CHTD) is predominantly a sporadic disease characterized by defects in the differentiation, migration or growth of thyroid tissue. Of these defects, incomplete migration resulting in ectopic thyroid tissue is the most common (up to 80%). Germinal mutations in the thyroid-related transcription factors NKX2.1, FOXE1, PAX-8, and NKX2.5 have been...
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