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[Mutation screening in Angiotensin II receptors, AGTR1 and AGTR2, and evaluation of AGTR1 polymorphisms C573T and A1166C in patients with premature adrenarche].
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Oct 2006
Moura Mônica S F, de Melo Mônica B, Longui Carlos Alberto, Rocha Mylene N, Monte Osmar
Abstract excerpt
Precocious pubarche is the appearance of pubic hair before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. The most frequent etiology is idiopathic precocious adrenarche, suggested, after long-term follow-up, to be associated with metabolic syndrome. One of the factors involved in the genesis of precocious adrenarche is Angiotensin II (Ang II), which promotes cell proliferation and steroidogenesis through type 1...
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