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Mutations in the NKX2.5 gene and the PAX8 promoter in a girl with thyroid dysgenesis.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2011
Hermanns Pia, Grasberger Helmut, Refetoff Samuel, Pohlenz Joachim
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CONTEXT: Screening of the known candidate genes involved in thyroid organogenesis has revealed mutations in a small subset of patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis (TD). OBJECTIVE: We studied a girl with TD who had mutations in two transcription factors involved in thyroid development. RESULTS: Sequencing analysis of candidate genes involved in thyroid gland development revealed a new...
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