A “hot spot” in the Pit-1 gene responsible for combined pituitary hormone deficiency: Clinical and molecular correlates

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 679-684

  Cohen, Laurie E ^a   Wondisford, Fredric E ^b   Salvatoni, Alessandro ^c   Maghnie, Mohamad ^c   Brucker Davis, Françoise ^d   Weintraub, Bruce D ^d   Radovick, Sally ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES; GENOME; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0028980503     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.80.2.7852536     Document Type: Article

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