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Clinical and genetic analysis for two Chinese siblings with 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency.
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology - 1 Jun 2012
Zhou Qi, Wu Chaoming, Wang Liang, Zheng Jingchen, Zheng Chao, Jin Jian, Qian Yanying, Ni Li
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AIMS: 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency (17OHD) is characterized by impaired productions of gonadal steroids and cortisol, a subsequent elevation of adrenocorticotropic hormone, and accumulation of steroid precusors, which are shunted into the mineralocorticoid synthesis pathway. This disease is caused by mutations in the CYP17 gene. In this paper, we will describe the clinical features and genetic...
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