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Clinical and functional effects of mutations in the DAX-1 gene in patients with adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 1999
Reutens A T, Achermann J C, Ito M, Ito M, Gu W X, Habiby R L, Donohoue P A, Pang S, Hindmarsh P C, Jameson J L
Abstract excerpt
Adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) is an X-linked disorder caused by mutations in a gene referred to as DAX-1. AHC is characterized by adrenal insufficiency and failure to undergo puberty because of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. The DAX-1 protein is structurally related to orphan nuclear receptors, although it lacks the characteristic zinc finger DNA-binding domain that is highly conserved in other members of...
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