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Molecular pathogenesis of lipoid adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2003
Fujieda Kenji, Okuhara Koji, Abe Shuji, Tajima Toshihiro, Mukai Tokuo, Nakae Jun
Abstract excerpt
Congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) is the most severe form of CAH in which the synthesis of all gonadal and adrenal cortical steroids is markedly impaired. Lipoid CAH may be caused by the defect in either the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein or the P450scc. More than 34 different mutations in StAR gene have been identified. Clinically, most of the patients manifest adrenal...
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