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A novel splice site variant in CYP11A1 in trans with the p.E314K variant in a male patient with congenital adrenal insufficiency.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Nov 2017
Lara-Velazquez Montserrat, Perdomo-Pantoja Alexander, Blackburn Patrick R, Gass Jennifer M, Caulfield Thomas R, Atwal Paldeep S
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BACKGROUND: The CYP11A1 gene encodes the cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme, which is essential for steroid formation. Recessive variants in this gene can lead to impairment of sexual differentiation caused by a complete or partial loss of steroid hormone production. The phenotypic spectrum in affected 46XY males may vary from surgically repairable defects including cryptorchidism and hypospadias to...
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