Sibling cases of addison's disease caused by DAX-1 gene mutations

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Sekiguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Hara, Yoshihito ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshiki ^a   Katsumata, Noriyuki ^b   Hirata, Yukio ^c  

^a Ohme Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Adrenal hypoplasia congenita; DAX 1 gene; Sibling cases

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGENETICS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INFANCY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SIBLING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTIS SIZE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIBLINGS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TESTIS;

EID: 33846063773     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6082     Document Type: Article

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