ACTH resistance syndromes

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 277-293

  Huebner, Angela ^c   Elias, Lucila L K ^a,b   Clark, Adrian J L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH insensitivity; ACTH receptor; Chromosome 12; Familial glucocorticoid deficiency; Mutation; Triple A syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 18P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESISTANCE; MISSENSE MUTATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032998586     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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