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Novel mutations in the human CYP21 gene.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Oct 2001
Levo A, Partanen J
Abstract excerpt
The great majority of genetic defects underlying steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency appear to result from intergenic recombinations between the homologous CYP21 and CYP21P genes. For a minority, novel sporadic point mutations have been detected. De novo mutations in CYP21 have also been reported, but only a few studies have systematically screened their occurrence. We here describe a population-based patient...
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