The PROP1 2-base pair deletion is a common cause of combined pituitary hormone deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3346-3349

  Cogan, Joy D ^a   Wu, Wei ^b   Phillips III, John A ^a   Arnhold, Ivo J P ^c   Agapito, Ana ^d   Fofanova, Olga V ^e   Osorio, Maria Geralda F ^c   Bircan, Iffet ^f   Moreno, Adolfo ^a   Mendonca, Berenice B ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^e ENDOCRINOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

^f AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PITUITARY HORMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 7844241236     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.9.3346     Document Type: Article

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