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[DUOX2 gene mutation in patients with congenital goiter with hypothyroidism]
Zhi-ping Lü1, Gui-hua Li, Wen-jie Li
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yantai Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264008, China.
Objective:
To identify DUOX2 gene mutation in patients with congenital goiter with hypothyroidism.
Method:
Five patients who had transit congenital hypothyroidism with goiter were enrolled. The exons of DUOX2 gene were amplified and sequenced.
Result:
A heterozygous missense mutation C1329T in the exon 10 of the DUOX2 gene was found in one patient, predicted to result in a Tryptophan to Arginine substitution at codon 376. However no mutation was detected in the other patients.
Conclusion:
p.Arg376Trp mutation in DUOX2 was found in newborns of congenital hypothyroidism. The alleles frequency of this mutation may contribute to the function loss of congenital hypothyroidism.
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