Article
Phenocopies for deafness and goiter development in a large inbred Brazilian kindred with Pendred's syndrome associated with a novel mutation in the PDS gene.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 1999
Kopp P, Arseven O K, Sabacan L, Kotlar T, Dupuis J, Cavaliere H, Santos C L, Jameson J L, Medeiros-Neto G
Abstract excerpt
Pendred's syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by goiter, impaired iodide organification, and congenital sensorineural deafness. The gene mutated in Pendred's syndrome, PDS (Pendred's syndrome gene), was cloned very recently and encodes the putative sulfate transporter pendrin...
Topics
- Adult
- Brazil
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA
- Deafness
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Goiter
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Transport Proteins
