00836nas a2200241 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001300059653001100072653001100083653003200094653001100126653001200137653000900149653001300158653001100171100001600182245005000198300000900248490000700257520031600264022001400580 1978 d c1978 Apr-May10aDeafness10aFemale10aGoiter10aHearing Loss, Sensorineural10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aSyndrome10aZambia1 aSiddorn J A00aPendred's syndrome in a rural Zambian family. a56-80 v123 a

A family is reported in which, in one generation, there are more members with goitres and nerve deafness than expected. It is postulated that these abnormalities are due to Pendred's Syndrome and the reasons for this are discussed. An associated finding in three goitrous patients is tuberculoid leprosy.

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