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Molecular defects of the CYP21 gene in Spanish girls with isolated precocious pubarche.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Oct 2002
Potau N, Riqué S, Eduardo I, Marcos V, Ibañez L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of mutant alleles in the CYP21 gene in Spanish girls presenting with precocious pubarche (PP) and to assess the relationships between genotype and endocrine-metabolic variables. DESIGN: Fifty-three unrelated girls with a history of PP (14 prepubertal, 8 pubertal and 31 postmenarcheal) and 35 controls were studied. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood...
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