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Identification of PENDRIN (SLC26A4) mutations in patients with congenital hypothyroidism and "apparent" thyroid dysgenesis.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2014
Kühnen Peter, Turan Serap, Fröhler Sebastian, Güran Tülay, Abali Saygin, Biebermann Heike, Bereket Abdullah, Grüters Annette, Chen Wei, Krude Heiko
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CONTEXT: Congenital hypothyroidism, the most frequent endocrine congenital disease, can occur either based on a thyroid hormone biosynthesis defect or can predominantly be due to thyroid dysgenesis. However, a genetic cause could so far only be identified in less than 10% of patients with a thyroid dysgenesis. OBJECTIVES: Exome sequencing was used for the first time to find additional genetic defects in thyroid...
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