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Broadening the Spectrum of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in Patients With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2015
Morissette Rachel, Chen Wuyan, Perritt Ashley F, Dreiling Jennifer L, Arai Andrew E, Sachdev Vandana, Hannoush Hwaida, Mallappa Ashwini, Xu Zhi, McDonnell Nazli B, Quezado Martha, Merke Deborah P
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CONTEXT: The contiguous gene deletion syndrome (CAH-X) was described in a subset (7%) of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients with a TNXA/TNXB chimera, resulting in deletions of CYP21A2, encoding 21-hydroxylase necessary for cortisol biosynthesis, and TNXB, encoding the extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-X (TNX). This TNXA/TNXB chimera is characterized by a 120-bp deletion in exon 35 and results...
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