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Mutation screening of the sodium iodide symporter gene in a cohort of 105 China patients with congenital hypothyroidism.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Nov 2014
Fu Chunyun, Chen Shaoke, Chen Rongyu, Fan Xin, Luo Jingsi, Li Chuan, Qian Jiale
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Dyshormonogenetic congenital hypothyroidism (CH) was reported to be associated with a mutation in the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene. The present study was undertaken in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, to determine the nature and frequency of NIS gene mutations among patients with CH due to dyshormonogenesis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 105...
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