Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a female caused by an X-linked recessive mutation in the DAX1 gene

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1248-1252

  Merke, Deborah P ^a,b   Tajima, Toshihiro ^a   Baron, Jeffrey ^a,b   Cutler Jr , Gordon B ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; RENIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033594383     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199904223401605     Document Type: Article

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