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Effect of testosterone metabolites on ABC half-transporter relative gene expression in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Oct 2007
Petroni A, Cappa M, Carissimi R, Blasevich M, Uziel G
Abstract excerpt
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder associated with reduced very long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation, mainly affecting the nervous system, the adrenal cortex and the testes. The clinical manifestations of hypogonadism, alopecia and the impairment of the enzyme 5alpha-reductase, which converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, clearly point to an involvement of...
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