A Japanese case with Frasier syndrome caused by the splice junction mutation of WT1 gene

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 639-642

  Okuhara, Koji ^b   Tajima, Toshihiro ^b   Nakae, Jun ^b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^b   Tochimaru, Hiroyuki ^b   Abe, Shuji ^b   Fujieda, Kenji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Frasier syndrome; Gonadoblastoma; Splice junction mutation; WT1 gene

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032710615     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.639     Document Type: Article

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