McCune-Albright syndrome in a discordant monozygotic twin

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 343-347

  Peleg, Roni ^a   Avizov, Luba ^a   Eliakim, Alon ^c   Israeli Shani, Lilach ^a   Manor, Esther ^a,b   Birk, Ruth ^a   Parvari, Ruti ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discordant monozygotic twin; Fibrous dysplasia; GNAS1 mutation analysis; McCune Albright syndrome; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANGIOPEPTIN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CABERGOLINE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FOLLITROPIN; FOSALAN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA STIMULATING ACTIVITY POLYPEPTIDE 1; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; RNA, MESSENGER; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 69249122988     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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