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Modulatory effect of BclI GR gene polymorphisms on the obesity phenotype in Brazilian patients with Cushing's disease.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - 1 May 2013
Moreira Ricardo P P, Bachega Tânia A S S, Machado Márcio C, Mendonca Berenice B, Bronstein Marcello D, Villares Fragoso Maria Candida B
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OBJECTIVES: Patients with Cushing's disease exhibit wide phenotypic variability in the severity of obesity, diabetes and hypertension. In the general population, several glucocorticoid receptor genes (NR3C1) and HSD11B1 polymorphisms are associated with altered glucocorticoid sensitivity and/or metabolism, resulting in an increased or reduced risk of an adverse metabolic profile. Our aim was to analyze the...
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