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Disorders of H2O2 generation.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Mar 2017
Muzza Marina, Fugazzola Laura
Abstract excerpt
After the identification of thyroid H2O2 generation system (DUOX) and of its maturation factors (DUOXA), defects in DUOX2 and/or DUOXA2 were rapidly recognized as the possible cause of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) due to thyroid dyshormonogenesis. The present Review reports data on the prevalence of DUOX2 mutations, which is variable among different series but invariably high, pointing to DUOX2 defects as one...
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