A signal peptide mutation of the arginine vasopressin gene in monozygotic twins

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-110

  Boson, Wolfanga L ^a   Sarubi, Juliana C ^a   D'Alva, Catarina B ^b   Friedman, Eitan ^c   Faria, Daniela ^a   De Marco, Luiz ^a   Wajchenberg, Bernardo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGIPRESSIN; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FAMILIAL NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0037236853     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01667.x     Document Type: Article

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