A 27 base-pair deletion of the anti-Mullerian type II receptor gene is the most common cause of the persistent Mullerian duct syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1269-1277

  Imbeaud, Sandrine ^a   Belville, Corinne ^a   Messika Zeitoun, Liza ^a   Rey, Rodolfo ^a   Di Clemente, Nathalie ^a   Josso, Nathalie ^a   Picard, Jean Yves ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULLERIAN DUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029811588     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.9.1269     Document Type: Article

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