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DUOXS defects: Genotype-phenotype correlations.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Apr 2011
Fugazzola L, Muzza M, Weber G, Beck-Peccoz P, Persani L
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common congenital endocrine disorder, accounting for up to 1:1500 newborns per year. CH can be related to defects in either formation and migration of the thyroid gland (dysgenesis) or thyroid hormone synthesis. The pathogenesis of dysgenetic CH is still largely unknown. On the contrary, several mutations have been found in different genes involved in thyroid...
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