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Three cases of congenital adrenal hypoplasia with novel mutations in the (NROB1) DAX-1 gene.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Nov 2008
Wheeler B, George P M, Mackenzie K, Hunt P, Potter H C, Florkowski C M
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities in the DAX-1 gene (dosage-sensitive sex reversal-adrenal hypoplasia gene on the X chromosome) are a well-recognized cause of congenital adrenal hypoplasia. DAX-1 is expressed in the adrenal cortex, gonads, hypothalamus and anterior pituitary, which gives rise to the clinical features of this deletion. Presentations are varied but salt-wasting and/or hypoglycaemia are the most common in an infant,...
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