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A new DAX-1 mutation in a family with a case of neonatal adrenal insufficiency and a sibling with adrenal hypoplasia and sudden death at 3 years of age.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Sept 2007
Mericq Verónica, Ciaccio Marta, Marino Roxana, Lamoglia Juan Javier, Viterbo Gisella, Rivarola Marco A, Belgorosky Alicia
Abstract excerpt
Adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) is a hereditary disorder that leads to adrenal insufficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HHG) in childhood. The gene responsible for the X-linked form of AHC, DAX1 (dosage-sensitive sex-reversal, AHC, on the X-chromosome, gene 1)/NR0B1, encodes for a nuclear factor which lacks the characteristic zinc finger DNA-binding domain that is highly conserved in nuclear receptors....
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