Aldosterone synthase deficiency type I: Hormonal and genetic analyses of two cases

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 298-300

  López Siguero, Juan P ^a   García García, Emilio ^a   Peter, Michael ^b   Sippell, Wolfgang G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldosterone synthase deficiency type I; Amino acid substitution; Multisteroid analysis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344378441     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023500     Document Type: Article

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