Subclinical hypothyroidism caused by a mutation of the thyrotropin receptor gene

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Shibayama, Keiko ^a   Ohyama, Yoshihide ^a   Hishinuma, Akira ^b   Yokota, Yukifumi ^a   Kazahari, Koji ^a   Kazahari, Mayumi ^a   Ieiri, Tamio ^b   Matsuura, Nobuo ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subclinical hypothyroidism; Thyrotropin receptor mutation

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 14644398562     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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