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Identification of five novel inactivating mutations in the human thyroid peroxidase gene by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1995
Bikker H, Vulsma T, Baas F, de Vijlder J J
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is the key enzyme in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Defects in the TPO gene are reported to be the cause of congenital hypothyroidism due to a Total Iodide Organification Defect (TIOD). This type of defect, where iodide taken up by the thyroid gland cannot be oxidized and bound to protein, is the most common hereditary inborn error causing congenital hypothyroidism in the Netherlands....
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