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Whole-Exome Sequencing in Congenital Hypothyroidism Due to Thyroid Dysgenesis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 May 2022
Larrivée-Vanier Stéphanie, Jean-Louis Martineau, Magne Fabien, Bui Helen, Rouleau Guy A, Spiegelman Dan, Samuels Mark E, Kibar Zoha, Van Vliet Guy, Deladoëy Johnny
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Context: Congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis (CHTD) is a predominantly sporadic and nonsyndromic (NS) condition of unknown etiology. NS-CHTD shows a 40-fold increase in relative risk among first-degree relatives (1 in 100 compared with a birth prevalence of 1 in 4000 in the general population), but a discordance rate between monozygotic (MZ) twins of 92%. This suggests a two-hit mechanism,...
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