Molecular advances in thyroglobulin disorders

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 8-24

  Rivolta, Carina M ^a   Targovnik, Héctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Congenital goiter; Familial euthyroid goiter; Hypothyroidism; Thyroglobulin defect; Thyroglobulin gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MONOMER; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; THYROGLOBULIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 8Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SPLICING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GOITER; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CELL; THYROID DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33750017623     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.05.043     Document Type: Review

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