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17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency : biochemical and molecular findings in two sisters and their family.
Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology - 1 Jan 2004
Perez Maria S, Benencia Haydee, Frechtel Gustavo D, Esteban Eduardo O, Gil Maria Christina, Targovnik Héctor M, Marquez Norma B
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OBJECTIVE: To search for molecular changes in two Argentinian sisters with a clinical and biochemical diagnosis of 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. SUBJECTS: Both patients had 46 XX karyotype, with sexual infantilism, primary amenorrhea, and hypertension. Other member of the first degree family did not have this deficiency. HORMONAL RESULTS: The patients showed high levels of gonadotrophins and progesterone along...
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