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Novel CYP17A1 mutation in a Japanese patient with combined 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Feb 2010
Katsumata Noriyuki, Ogawa Eishin, Fujiwara Ikuma, Fujikura Kaori
Abstract excerpt
Combined 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency is caused by a defect of P450c17 that catalyzes both 17alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase reactions in adrenal glands and gonads. In the present study, we analyzed the CYP17A1 gene in a Japanese girl with 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency. The patient was referred to us for clitoromegaly at the age of 3 years. The karyotype was 46,XY. The patient was...
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