Hot microscopic areas of iodine-deficient euthyroid goitres contain constitutively activating TSH receptor mutations

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Krohn, Knut ^a   Wohlgemuth, Silke ^a   Gerber, Hans ^b   Paschke, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euthyroid goitre; Thyroid autonomy; TSH receptor mutation

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; MUTANT PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NODULAR GOITER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IODINE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033824416     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9896(2000)9999:9999<::AID-PATH650>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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