Peripheral precocious puberty in a male caused by leydig cell adenoma harboring a somatic mutation of the LHR gene: Report of a case

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1093-1097

  Sangkhathat, Surasak ^a   Kanngurn, Samornmas ^a   Jaruratanasirikul, Somchit ^a   Tubtawee, Teeravut ^a   Chaiyapan, Walawee ^a   Patrapinyokul, Sakda ^a   Chiengkriwate, Piyawan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

LHR; Luteinizing hormone receptor; Pediatric leydig cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADENOMA; AGGRESSION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CODON; ECHOGRAPHY; EXON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; CHILD; EXONS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; ORCHIECTOMY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RECEPTORS, LH; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958029971     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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