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Four Japanese patients with adrenal hypoplasia congenita and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism caused by DAX-1 gene mutations: mutant DAX-1 failed to repress steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and luteinizing hormone beta-subunit gene promoter activity.
Endocrine journal - 1 Mar 2008
Okuhara Koji, Abe Shuji, Kondo Takuma, Fujita Keinosuke, Koda Noya, Mochizuki Hiroshi, Fujieda Kenji, Tajima Toshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of DSS (dosage sensitive sex reversal)-AHC critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1 DAX-1(NROB1)] results in X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HHG). Here we report four Japanese patients with AHC and HHG caused by the mutations of the DAX-1 gene. All patients manifested adrenal crisis at early childhood. Three patients did not show any pubertal sign and...
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