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Novel polymorphisms and lack of mutations in the ACD gene in patients with ACTH resistance syndromes.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2007
Keegan Catherine E, Hutz Janna E, Krause Andrea S, Koehler Katrin, Metherell Louise A, Boikos Sosipatros, Stergiopoulos Sotirios, Clark Adrian J L, Stratakis Constantine A, Huebner Angela, Hammer Gary D
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OBJECTIVE: ACTH resistance is a feature of several human syndromes with known genetic causes, including familial glucocorticoid deficiency (types 1 and 2) and triple A syndrome. However, many patients with ACTH resistance lack an identifiable genetic aetiology. The human homolog of the Acd gene, mutated in a mouse model of adrenal insufficiency, was sequenced in 25 patients with a clinical diagnosis of familial...
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