Article
Frame shift by insertion of 2 basepairs in codon 394 of CYP11B1 causes congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 1992
Helmberg A, Ausserer B, Kofler R
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder of corticosteroid biosynthesis primarily caused by a deficiency in either of two heme-containing cytochrome P450-enzymes: steroid 21- or 11 beta-hydroxylase (causing approximately 90% and 5-8% of classical CAH cases, respecti...
Topics
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Codon
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
