A novel mutation (V101A) of the LHX4 gene in a Japanese patient with combined pituitary hormone deficiency

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Tajima, T ^a   Yorifuji, T ^b   Ishizu, K ^a   Fujieda, K ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD); LHX4; LIM domain

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LHX4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LHX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; POU1F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINED PITUITARY HORMONE DEFICIENCY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; JAPANESE; LHX4 GENE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, POSTERIOR; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77954882469     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225612     Document Type: Article

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