Familial congenital hypothyroidism caused by abnormal and bioinactive TSH due to mutations in the β-subunit gene

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Medeiros Neto, Geraldo ^a   De Lacerda, Luiz ^b   Wondisford, Fredric E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University Federal   (Brazil)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BETA CHAIN; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031040108     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(96)00203-2     Document Type: Review

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