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Clinical case seminar: a novel LHX3 mutation presenting as combined pituitary hormonal deficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 2006
Bhangoo Amrit P S, Hunter Chad S, Savage Jesse J, Anhalt Henry, Pavlakis Steven, Walvoord Emily C, Ten Svetlana, Rhodes Simon J
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CONTEXT: LHX3 encodes LIM homeodomain class transcription factors with important roles in pituitary and nervous system development. The only previous report of LHX3 mutations described patients with two types of recessive mutations displaying combined pituitary hormone deficiency coupled with neck rigidity. OBJECTIVE: We report a patient presenting a unique phenotype associated with a novel mutation in the LHX3...
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