Article
Molecular analysis of the PDS gene in Pendred syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 1998
Coyle B, Reardon W, Herbrick J A, Tsui L C, Gausden E, Lee J, Coffey R, Grueters A, Grossman4 A, Phelps P D, Luxon L, Kendall-Taylor P, Scherer S W, Trembath R C
Abstract excerpt
Pendred syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the association between sensorineural hearing loss and thyroid swelling or goitre and is likely to be the most common form of syndromic deafness. Within the thyroid gland of affected individuals, iodide is incompletely organifie...
Topics
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Complementary
- Female
- Genes
- Goiter
- Haplotypes
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Syndrome
- Thyroid Gland
