A novel mutation of IGSF1 in a Japanese patient of congenital central hypothyroidism without macroorchidism.

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Congenital central hypothyroidism (C-CH) is a rare disease known to be caused by mutations of the genes encoding TSH β or the TRH receptor gene, although the cause of the disease in a number of patients has not yet been clarified. Recently, mutations and deletions of the immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 (IGSF1) gene have been reported to be the cause of C-CH. Here we report a Japanese male patient with C-CH...

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