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Variants implicated in cortisone reductase deficiency do not contribute to susceptibility to common forms of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jul 2006
Draper Nicole, Powell Brenda L, Franks Steve, Conway Gerard S, Stewart Paul M, McCarthy Mark I
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OBJECTIVE: There are close phenotypic similarities between cortisone reductase deficiency (CRD), a rare abnormality of cortisone metabolism, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). As there is evidence that CRD results from digenic mutations involving the genes encoding 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD11B1) and hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PD), we sought to establish whether CRD-associated...
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