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Pseudodominant inheritance in a family with nonautoimmune hypothyroidism due to biallelic DUOX2 mutations.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Sept 2015
Abe Kiyomi, Narumi Satoshi, Suwanai Ayuko S, Hamajima Takashi, Hasegawa Tomonobu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Mutations in the dual oxidase 2 gene (DUOX2) is the most common genetic cause of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Japan. All previously described DUOX2 mutation-carrying families have followed autosomal recessive inheritance. We report a nonconsanguineous Japanese family harbouring biallelic DUOX2 mutations, which presented an apparently dominant inheritance of nonautoimmune hypothyroidism. DESIGN...
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