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Testicular dysgenesis without adrenal insufficiency in a 46,XY patient with a heterozygous inactive mutation of steroidogenic factor-1.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2004
Hasegawa Tomonobu, Fukami Maki, Sato Naoko, Katsumata Noriyuki, Sasaki Goro, Fukutani Keiko, Morohashi Ken-Ichirou, Ogata Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
Steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) regulates multiple genes involved in the adrenal and gonadal development and in the biosynthesis of a variety of hormones, including adrenal and gonadal steroids, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), and gonadotropins. We identified a novel SF-1 mutation in a 27-yr-old Japanese patient with a 46,XY karyotype. Sequence analysis was performed for all the seven exons of SF-1, revealing a...
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