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Family of two patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia due to StAR mutation.
Endocrine research - 1 Nov 2004
Khoury Khalil, Ducharme Lyne, LeHoux Jean-Guy
Abstract excerpt
We are reporting the case of two sisters born to nonrelated French Canadian parents. Patient A is of female phenotype with 46,xy, and patient B with 46,xx. The children had severe manifestations of mineralocorticoid deficiency at the age of 11 and 4.5 months, respectively. Residual cortisol secretion seemed present until the age of 3 years for patient A and until 15 months in the case of her sister. Both patients...
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