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Varied clinical presentations of seven patients with mutations in CYP11A1 encoding the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, P450scc.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2013
Tee Meng Kian, Abramsohn Michal, Loewenthal Neta, Harris Mark, Siwach Sudeep, Kaplinsky Ana, Markus Barak, Birk Ohad, Sheffield Val C, Parvari Ruti, Pavari Ruti, Hershkovitz Eli, Miller Walter L
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CONTEXT: The cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme P450scc, encoded by CYP11A1, converts cholesterol to pregnenolone to initiate steroidogenesis. P450scc deficiency can disrupt adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis, resembling congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia clinically and hormonally; only 12 such patients have been reported previously. OBJECTIVE: We sought to expand clinical and genetic experience with...
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