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X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita: a mutation in DAX1 expands the phenotypic spectrum in males and females.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1999
Seminara S B, Achermann J C, Genel M, Jameson J L, Crowley W F
Abstract excerpt
X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) is a disorder associated with primary adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH). The gene responsible for X-linked AHC, DAX1, encodes a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. We studied an extended kindred with AHC and HH in which two males (the proband and his nephew) were affected with a nucleotide deletion (501delA). The proband's...
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