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DUOX2 Gene Mutation Manifesting as Resistance to Thyrotropin Phenotype.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2017
Srichomkwun Panudda, Takamatsu Junta, Nickerson Deborah A, Bamshad Michael J, Chong Jessica X, Refetoff Samuel
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to thyrotropin (TSH) (RTSH; defined by elevated TSH and a normal or hypoplastic thyroid gland) can be caused by mutations in genes encoding the TSH receptor and PAX8, and it has been linked to a locus on chromosome 15. In two nonconsanguineous families with nongoitrous euthyroid hyperthyrotropinemia, typical of the RTSH phenotype, exome analysis identified five rare DUOX2 gene variants (p.A649E,...
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