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[Molecular genetics of congenital isolated thyrotropin deficiency].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Apr 1994
Miyai K
Abstract excerpt
In 1971, the first case of congenital isolated thyrotropin (TSH) deficiency was reported by Miyai et al. Subsequently, the same group reported that the disease was caused by a missense mutation in the CAGYC region of the TSH-beta gene (substitution from G to A in exon 2 which altered the Gly29 [GGA] to Arg29 [AGA]). At present the same mutation was reported in 6 patients in 5 Japanese families. Dacou-Voutetakis...
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