Polymorphic length of FOXE1 alanine stretch: Evidence for genetic susceptibility to thyroid dysgenesis

Human Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-476

  Carré, Aurore ^a   Castanet, Mireille ^a   Sura Trueba, Sylvia ^a   Szinnai, Gabor ^a   Vliet, Guy ^b   Trochet, Delphine ^c   Amiel, Jeanne ^c   Léger, Juliane ^d   Czernichow, Paul ^d   Scotet, Virginie ^e,f   Polak, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^f ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

FOXE1; Genetic susceptibility; Polyalanine; Thyroiddysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DYSGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYROID DYSGENESIS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36348935021     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0420-5     Document Type: Article

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