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A new insight into the molecular basis of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency.
Endocrine research - 1 Nov 2000
Simard J, Ricketts M L, Moisan A M, Tardy V, Peter M, Van Vliet G, Morel Y
Abstract excerpt
Classical 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta5-delta4 isomerase (3beta-HSD) deficiency is a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia that impairs steroidogenesis in both the adrenals and gonads resulting from mutations in the HSD3B2 gene, causing varying degrees of salt-loss in both sexes and incomplete masculinization of the external genitalia in genetic males. To date a total of 34 mutations (including...
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