A novel variant of familial glucocorticoid deficiency prevalent among the Irish traveler population

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2896-2899

  O'Riordan, Stephen M P ^a,b,c   Lynch, Sally A ^a,b   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^c   Chan, Li F ^d   Clark, Adrian J L ^d   Costigan, Colm ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b National Centre for Medical Genetics   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; RENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 47549098126     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0034     Document Type: Article

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