Mutational analysis of the luteinizing hormone receptor gene in two individuals with Leydig cell tumors

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 148-152

  Canto, Patricia ^a   Söderlund, Daniela ^a   Ramón, Guillermo ^a   Nishimura, Elisa ^a   Méndez, Juan Pablo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Unidad de Investigacíon Médica en Biologia de la Reproducción   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asp578His mutation; Leydig cell tumor; Luteinizing hormone receptor gene

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GUANINE; HISTIDINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE;

ADENOMA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHILD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOTOXICOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RECEPTORS, LH; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036498632     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10218     Document Type: Article

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