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PROP1 gene analysis in Portuguese patients with combined pituitary hormone deficiency.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2006
Lemos Manuel C, Gomes Leonor, Bastos Margarida, Leite Valeriano, Limbert Edward, Carvalho Davide, Bacelar Conceição, Monteiro Mariana, Fonseca Fernando, Agapito Ana, Castro João J, Regateiro Fernando J, Carvalheiro Manuela
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Mutations of the PROP1 gene lead to combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD), which is characterized by a deficiency of GH, TSH, LH/FSH, PRL and, less frequently, ACTH. This study was undertaken to investigate the molecular defect in a cohort of patients with CPHD. DESIGN, PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS: A multicentric study involving 46 cases of CPHD (17 familial cases belonging to seven kindreds and...
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