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The presence of the 21-hydroxylase deficiency carrier status in hirsute women: phenotype-genotype correlations.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Oct 1999
Escobar-Morreale H F, San Millán J L, Smith R R, Sancho J, Witchel S F
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of heterozygosity for mutations in the 21-hydroxylase gene (CYP21) in the pathogenesis of hyperandrogenism. DESIGN: Controlled clinical study. SETTING: Tertiary care institutional hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty hirsute women and 13 healthy control women. INTERVENTION(S): The source of androgen excess was determined by the changes in serum testosterone levels in response to a single...
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