Recent advances in understanding the molecular basis of primary congenital

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-42

  Macchia, Paolo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; REVIEW; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GOITER; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYNDROME; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033988367     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(99)01620-2     Document Type: Review

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