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Combined hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal defect in a hypogonadic man with a novel mutation in the DAX-1 gene.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Oct 1999
Caron P, Imbeaud S, Bennet A, Plantavid M, Camerino G, Rochiccioli P
Abstract excerpt
We have studied a 20-yr-old male patient with adrenal hypoplasia congenita and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) due to a C to A transversion at nucleotide 825 in the DAX-1 gene, resulting in a stop codon at position 197. The same mutation was detected in his affected first cousin (adrenal hypoplasia congenita and HH) and in a heterozygous state in their carrier mothers. The patient had had acute adrenal...
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