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Potential advantage of N363S glucocorticoid receptor polymorphism in 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jun 2006
Luczay A, Török D, Ferenczi A, Majnik J, Sólyom J, Fekete Gy
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) shows a range of severity which is explained in part by the different mutations of the CYP21 gene. To better understand the incomplete concordance between genotype and phenotype in CAH the role of the sensitizing N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) was examined in CAH patients. DESIGN: CAH patients were screened for N363S. Laboratory findings and...
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