A new mutation of the gene encoding the transcription factor Pit-1 is responsible for combined pituitary hormone deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2790-2796

  Pellegrini Bouiller, Isabelle ^a   Bélicar, Pauline ^b   Barlier, Anne ^a   Gunz, Ginette ^a   Charvet, Jean Pierre ^c   Jaquet, Philippe ^a,c   Brue, Thierry ^a,c   Vialettes, Bernard ^b   Enjalbert, Alain ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES; GENOME; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029787845     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.8.2790     Document Type: Article

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