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Late-onset adrenal hypoplasia congenita caused by a novel mutation of the DAX-1 gene.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Mar 2009
Yang Fan, Hanaki Keiichi, Kinoshita Tomoe, Kawashima Yuki, Nagaishi Jun-ichi, Kanzaki Susumu
Abstract excerpt
Mutation in the orphan nuclear receptor DAX-1 gene causes X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC). Affected male children classically suffer a salt-losing crisis and adrenal insufficiency in their early infancy or, in some rare exceptions, with late-onset subtype. We report here a patient manifesting late-onset adrenal hypoplasia congenita caused by the premature truncation of the C-terminus of the DAX-1...
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