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Molecular CYP21A2 diagnosis in 480 Brazilian patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia before newborn screening introduction.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Aug 2016
de Carvalho Daniel F, Miranda Mirela C, Gomes Larissa G, Madureira Guiomar, Marcondes José A M, Billerbeck Ana Elisa C, Rodrigues Andresa S, Presti Paula F, Kuperman Hilton, Damiani Durval, Mendonca Berenice B, Bachega Tania A S S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients carry CYP21A2 mutations derived from conversion events involving the pseudogene, and the remaining carry new mutations. OBJECTIVE: To review causal mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation in 480 Brazilian patients. METHODS: DNA was extracted from 158 salt-wasters (SWs), 116 simple virilizing (SV), and 206 nonclassical (NC) patients. Fourteen...
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