Spontaneous feminization in a 46,XX female patient with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia due to a homozygous frameshift mutation in the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1511-1515

  Bose, Himangshu S ^a   Pescovitz, Ora Hirsch ^c   Miller, Walter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0030955987     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.5.1511     Document Type: Article

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