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Identification of ZBTB26 as a Novel Risk Factor for Congenital Hypothyroidism.
Genes - 24 Nov 2021
Vick Philipp, Eberle Birgit, Choukair Daniela, Weiss Birgit, Roeth Ralph, Schneider Isabelle, Paramasivam Nagarajan, Bettendorf Markus, Rappold Gudrun A
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Congenital primary hypothyroidism (CH; OMIM 218700) is characterized by an impaired thyroid development, or dyshormonogenesis, and can lead to intellectual disability and growth retardation if untreated. Most of the children with congenital hypothyroidism present thyroid dysgenesis, a developmental anomaly of the thyroid. Various genes have been associated with thyroid dysgenesis, but all known genes together can...
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