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Genetic analysis of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene in patients whose hypothyroidism was found in adulthood in West Bengal, India.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jan 2014
Balmiki Nisha, Bankura Biswabandhu, Guria Srikanta, Das Tapas Kumar, Pattanayak Arup Kumar, Sinha Anirban, Chakrabarti Sudipta, Chowdhury Subhankar, Das Madhusudan
Abstract excerpt
Recent research has revealed that genetic defects due to mutation in the Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO ) gene can lead to thyroid dysfunction in the population. We aimed to study the association between genetic defects in TPO gene and patients with hypothyroidism found in adult age. Two hundred consecutive treatment naive hypothyroid patients (age ≥ 18 years) (cases) who were negative for anti TPO antibody and their...
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