Evidence for the segregation of three different mutated alleles of the thyroglobulin gene in a Brazilian family with congenital goiter and hypothyroidism

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-297

  Targovnik, Héctor M ^a,c   Frechtel, Gustavo D ^a   Mendive, Fernando M ^a   Vono, Jussara ^b   Cochaux, Pascale ^c   Vassart, Gilbert ^c   Medeiros Neto, Geraldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; MESSENGER RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THYMINE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GOITER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; STOP CODON;

EID: 0031960583     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.291     Document Type: Article

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