title: Congenital thyroxine binding globulin deficiency: incidence and inheritance.
abstract: Ninety-nine cases of thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) deficiency (90 males and 9 females) were identified among low-T4 infants after newborn hypothyroid screening. The data indicate that inherited TBG deficiency occurs in at least 1:5,000 newborns (1:2,800 males) and that mild and more pronounced forms are found in approximately equal proportions. Genetic analysis indicates that X-linked inheritance is the usual mode with no suggestion of autosomal inheritance.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D013975:Thyroxine-Binding Proteins