TY - JOUR KW - Deafness KW - Female KW - Goiter KW - Hearing Loss, Sensorineural KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Syndrome KW - Zambia AU - Siddorn J A AB -

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.

BT - Medical journal of Zambia C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/726656?dopt=Abstract DA - 1978 Apr-May IS - 2 J2 - Med J Zambia LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 1978 SP - 56 EP - 8 T2 - Medical journal of Zambia TI - Pendred's syndrome in a rural Zambian family. VL - 12 SN - 0047-651X ER -