Insufficient adrenarche in patients with combined pituitary hormone deficiency caused by a PROP-1 gene defect

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1107-1111

  Voutetakis, A ^a   Livadas, S ^a   Sertedaki, A ^a   Maniati Christidi, M ^a   Dacou Voutetakis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenarche; Combined pituitary hormone deficiency; DHEAS; PROP 1; Pubarche

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENARCHE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUTATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PUBERTY; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 0034799870     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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