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High prevalence of DUOX2 gene mutations among children with congenital hypothyroidism in central China.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2016
Jiang Hong, Wu Jinhua, Ke Shengzhong, Hu Yue, Fei Anxing, Zhen Yan, Yu Jin, Zhu Kuichun
Abstract excerpt
Congenial hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common congenital endocrine disease and is treatable when recognized early enough. We investigated the genetic variants in 12 children diagnosed with CH by newborn screening in Huangshi area central China. Twelve genes commonly involved in CH development were studied. Genomic DNA from peripheral blood was used to amplify all exons of the selected genes, and the...
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