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Polymorphisms of POR, SULT2A1 and HSD11B1 in children with premature adrenarche.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Sept 2012
Utriainen Pauliina, Laakso Saila, Jääskeläinen Jarmo, Voutilainen Raimo
Abstract excerpt
Premature adrenarche (PA) refers to an earlier than normal increase in adrenocortical androgen production. The pathogenesis of PA remains largely unknown. We hypothesized that common polymorphisms at P450 oxidoreductase (POR), steroid sulfotransferase (SULT2A1), or 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD11B1) genes could contribute to the polygenic pathogenesis of PA. We performed a case-control study on the...
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