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Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for congenital adrenal hyperplasia with severe hypertension, resulting from two novel mutations in splice donor sites of CYP11B1.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2000
Chabre O, Portrat-Doyen S, Chaffanjon P, Vivier J, Liakos P, Labat-Moleur F, Chambaz E, Morel Y, Defaye G
Abstract excerpt
We present an in vivo and in vitro study of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in a patient with 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency. Sequencing of the CYP11B1 gene showed two new base substitutions, a conservative 954 G-->C transversion at the last base of exon 5 (T318T), and a IVS8 + 4A-->G transition in intron 8. In addition, two polymorphisms were found in exons 1 and 2. The genetically female patient was raised as a...
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