Human ACTH hypersensitivity syndrome associated with abnormalities of the ACTH receptor gene

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Hiroi, N ^a   Yakushiji, F ^a   Shimojo, M ^a   Watanabe, S ^b   Sugano, S ^b   Yamaguchi, N ^b   Miyachi, Y ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOSSITIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0031936126     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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