A point mutation in the albumin gene in a Chinese patient with familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 374-378

  Tang, Kam Tsun ^a,d   Yang, Hong Jyh ^b   Choo, Kong Bung ^a   Lin, Hong Da ^a   Fang, Shieh Li ^c   Braverman, Lewis E ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Hsin Chu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; EUTHYROIDISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL DYSALBUMINEMIC HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CODON; GENES, DOMINANT; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROXINEMIA; MALE; POINT MUTATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032706533     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1410374     Document Type: Article

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