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Auxological and endocrine phenotype in a population-based cohort of patients with PROP1 gene defects.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Sept 2005
Lebl Jan, Vosáhlo Jan, Pfaeffle Roland W, Stobbe Heike, Cerná Jana, Novotná Dana, Zapletalová Jirina, Kalvachová Bozena, Hána Václav, Weiss Vladimír, Blum Werner F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency (MPHD) may result from defects of transcription factors that govern early pituitary development. We aimed to establish the prevalence of HESX1, PROP1, and POU1F1 gene defects in a population-based cohort of patients with MPHD and to analyse the phenotype of affected individuals. DESIGN AND METHODS: Genomic analysis was carried out on 74 children and adults with...
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