Mutations of the 5α-reductase Type 2 gene in eight Mexican patients from six different pedigrees with 5α-reductase-2 deficiency

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Canto, Patricia ^a   Vilchis, Felipe ^a   Chévez, Bertha ^a   Mutchinick, Osvaldo ^a   Imperato McGinley, Julianne ^b   Pérez Palacios, Gregorio ^a   Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a   Méndez, Juan Pablo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d U Invest Medica Biol Desarrollo   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM;

EID: 0030971433     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.800904.x     Document Type: Article

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