Familial glucocorticoid deficiency: One syndrome, but more than one gene

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 394-399

  Clark, A J L ^a,c   Cammas, F M ^a   Watt, A ^a   Kapas, S ^a   Weber, A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH receptor; Adrenal failure; Autosomal recessive diseases; Proopiomelanortin; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030833673     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050124     Document Type: Review

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