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[Premature androgenetic alopecia in adult male with nonclassic 21-OH deficiency. A novel nonsense CYP21A2 mutation (Y336X) in 2 affected siblings].
Medicina clinica - 28 Oct 2006
Bernal González Carmen, Fernández Salas Carmen, Martínez Silvia, Ezquieta Zubicaray Begoña
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency mainly manifests with symptoms and signs of hyperandrogenism, which are usually obvious in women and sometimes obvious in children or adolescents, but are rarely observed in adult men especially with increasing age. Male pattern alopecia is considered an androgenetic and age-related symptom. However, its early...
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