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X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita caused by a novel intronic mutation of the DAX-1 gene.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2009
Goto Masahiro, Katsumata Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HHG) is caused by mutations of the DAX-1 gene. A novel intronic mutation of the gene and the results of in vitro expression analysis are reported. PATIENT AND METHODS: The patient is a 13-year-old boy who presented with severe dehydration and salt loss in the neonatal period, when he lacked cutaneous pigmentation...
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