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Carrier analysis and prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency in Chinese.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2000
Lee H H, Kuo J M, Chao H T, Lee Y J, Chang J G, Tsai C H, Chung B C
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a common autosomal recessive disorder mainly caused by defects in the steroid 21-hydroxylase (CYP21) gene. We screened 1,000 healthy people, using a previously developed differential PCR method combined with single-strand conformation polymorphism and amplification-created restriction site methods for the carrier detection of the CYP21 gene deficiency. Our results indicated...
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