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Thyroid hormone receptor alpha

The THRA gene encodes the alpha subunit of the nuclear hormone receptor for triiodothyronine. Mutations cause autosomal dominant thyroid hormone resistance.

Genetests:

Clinic Method Carrier testing
Turnaround 5 days
Specimen type genomic DNA
Clinic Method Massive parallel sequencing
Turnaround 25 days
Specimen type genomic DNA
Research Method Genomic sequencing of the entire coding region
Turnaround 25 days
Specimen type genomic DNA

Related Diseases:

Congenital nongoitrous hypothyroidism 6
THRA
Thyroid hormone resistance, generalized, autosomal dominant
THRA
THRB

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OMIM.ORG article

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Orphanet article

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NCBI article

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Wikipedia article

Wikipedia EN (Thyroid_hormone_receptor_alpha) external link
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