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"Hot spot" in the PROP1 gene responsible for combined pituitary hormone deficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1999
Deladoëy J, Flück C, Büyükgebiz A, Kuhlmann B V, Eblé A, Hindmarsh P C, Wu W, Mullis P E
Abstract excerpt
As pituitary function depends on the integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, any defect in the development and organogenesis of this gland may account for a form of combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD). Although pit-1 was 1 of the first factors identified as a cause of CPHD in mice, many other homeodomain and transcription factors have been characterized as being involved in different developmental...
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