Possible non-Mendelian mechanisms of thyroid dysgenesis

Endocrine Development

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-42

  Deladoey J ^a   Vassart, G ^b   Van Vliet, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; REVIEW; THYROID DYSGENESIS;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; THYROID DYSGENESIS;

EID: 35148864922     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000106818     Document Type: Review

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