Preclinical diagnosis of testotoxicosis in a boy with an activating mutation of the luteinizing hormone receptor

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-544

  Teles, Milena ^a   Brito, Vinicius Nahime ^a   Arnhold, Ivo Jorge Prado ^a   Mendonca, Berenice Bilharinho ^a   Latronico, Ana Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activating mutation; DNA analysis; LH receptor; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; PENIS ERECTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SCROTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOTOXICOSIS; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RECEPTORS, LH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33646840146     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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