Dominant transmission of prepubertal gynecomastia due to serum estrone excess: Hormonal, biochemical, and genetic analysis in a large kindred

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 484-492

  Binder, G ^a   Iliev, D I ^a   Dufke, A ^b   Wabitsch, M ^c   Schweizer, R ^a   Ranke, M B ^a   Schmidt, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOLACTONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BONE AGE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH DISORDER; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MENARCHE; PHENOTYPE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADOLESCENT; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHILD; ESTRONE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PUBERTY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 12244279580     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1566     Document Type: Article

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