Congenital adrenal hypoplasia: Clinical spectrum, experience with hormonal diagnosis, and report on new point mutations of the DAX-1 gene

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2666-2674

  Peter, Michael ^a   Viemann, Matthias ^a   Partsch, Carl Joachim ^a   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCEROL KINASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPOPLASIA; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOALDOSTERONISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031726716     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.8.5027     Document Type: Article

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