Pendred Syndrome in Two Galician Families: Insights into Clinical Phenotypes through Cellular, Genetic, and Molecular Studies
Author(s) -
F Palos,
María E.R. García-Rendueles,
David AraújoVilar,
Marı́a Jesús Obregón,
Rosa Marı́a Calvo,
José CameselleTeijeiro,
Susana B. Bravo,
Oscar Perez-Guerra,
Lourdes Loidi,
Barbara Czarnocka,
Paula Álvarez,
Samuel Refetoff,
Lourdes DomínguezGerpe,
Clara V. Álvarez,
Joaquín LadoAbeal
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-0539
Subject(s) - goiter , pendrin , thyroid , medicine , context (archaeology) , organification , endocrinology , mutation , phenotype , thyroid peroxidase , genetics , iodine deficiency , biology , gene , paleontology , transporter
We studied two families from Galicia (northwest Spain) with Pendred syndrome (PS) and unusual thyroid phenotypes. In family A, the proposita had a large goiter and hypothyroxinemia but normal TSH and free T3 (FT3). In family B, some affected members showed deafness but not goiter.
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