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Late Diagnosis of POMC Deficiency and In Vitro Evidence of Residual Translation From Allele With c.-11C>A Mutation.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2017
Anisimova Aleksandra S, Rubtsov Petr M, Akulich Kseniya A, Dmitriev Sergey E, Frolova Elena, Tiulpakov Anatoly
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Context: Loss-of-function mutations in the POMC gene are associated with a syndrome with the characteristics of adrenal insufficiency, obesity, and red hair. We describe here a case of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency in which adrenal insufficiency was not treated until the fourth year of life. One of the disease-causative POMC mutations was characterized in vitro using a unique approach. Case Description:...
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