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Can Digenic, Tri-Allelic Inheritance of Variants in STAR and CYP11A1 Give Rise to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency? A Case Report.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2022
Ali Naseer, Maharaj Avinaash Vickram, Buonocore Federica, Achermann John C, Metherell Louise A
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An eight-year old South Asian boy presenting with progressive hyperpigmentation was found to have primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) in the form of isolated glucocorticoid deficiency. Follow up of this boy for nine years, until the age of 17 years showed normal pubertal onset and progression. Molecular evaluation, by targeted next generation sequencing of candidate genes linked to PAI revealed changes in two...
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