Familial glucocorticoid deficiency: Advances in the molecular understanding of ACTH action

Hormone Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Chan, L F ^a   Clark, A J L ^a   Metherell, L A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH resistance; Familial glucocorticoid deficiency; MC2R ACTHR; MRAP

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR ACCESORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENARCHE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TALL STATURE;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38349045440     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111810     Document Type: Short Survey

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