Two autonomous nodules of a patient with multinodular goiter harbor different activating mutations of the thyrotropin receptor gene

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 306-308

  Duprez, Laurence ^a   Hermans, Jacques ^c   Van Sande, Jacqueline ^a   Dumont, Jacques E ^a   Vassart, Gilbert ^a,b   Parma, Jasmine ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Jolimont Lobbes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031014717     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.1.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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