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Familial Central Hypothyroidism Caused by a Novel IGSF1 Gene Mutation.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2016
Tenenbaum-Rakover Yardena, Turgeon Marc-Olivier, London Shira, Hermanns Pia, Pohlenz Joachim, Bernard Daniel J, Bercovich Dani
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital hypothyroidism of central origin (CH-C) is a rare disease in which thyroid hormone deficiency is caused by insufficient thyrotropin stimulation of a normal thyroid gland. A recently described syndrome of isolated CH-C and macroorchidism was attributed to loss-of-function mutations of the immunoglobulin superfamily, member 1 gene (IGSF1). PATIENTS AND METHODS: CH-C was diagnosed in three...
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