Molecular Basis of Adrenal Insufficiency

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 62R-69R

  Fujieda, Kenji ^a   Tajima, Toshihiro ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 17844364660     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000159568.31749.4D     Document Type: Review

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