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Glucocorticoid resistance in premature pubarche and adolescent hyperandrogenism.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Feb 1999
Witchel S F, Smith R R
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether glucocorticoid resistance due to mutations in the glucocorticoid receptor (GRL) gene is associated with premature pubarche, hirsutism, or oligo/amenorrhea, we performed single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis of genomic DNA obtained from 25 children and 16 adolescent girls referred for the evaluation of premature pubarche, hirsutism, or oligo/amenorrhea. A missense mutation, N363S,...
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