Article
Autosomal Dominant Transmission of Congenital Thyroid Hypoplasia Due to Loss-of-Function Mutation of PAX8
2001-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a relatively frequent and potentially severe disease. It is classically subdivided into: 1) thyroid dysgenesis (TD), a defect in the organogenesis of the gland leading to hypoplastic, ectopic, or absent thyroid gland; or 2) thyroid dyshormonogenesis, a defect in one of the biochemical mechanisms responsible for thyroid hormone synthesis. Most cases of TD are sporadic, although fam...
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- d8fb8bfd-d014-5988-9dce-3629e4154f4e
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- 10.1210/jc.86.1.234
