Combined pituitary hormone deficiency in an inbred Brazilian kindred associated with a mutation in the PROP-1 gene

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-61

  Nogueira, Celia R ^a   Sabacan, Leah ^b   Jameson, J Larry ^b   Medeiros Neto, Geraldo ^a   Kopp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth failure; Hormone deficiency; Hypopituitarism; Mutation; Pituitary; PROP 1

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032810353     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2841     Document Type: Article

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