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Aromatase mutation in men as a rare cause of osteoporosis: a case report and review of the literature.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jul 2023
Stumper Nele A, Wientgen Hilke, Al-Hashimi Leith, Müller Hans-Werner, Ohrndorf Sarah, Gaber Timo, Siggelkow Heide, Hoff Paula
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OBJECTIVES: Oestrogen deficiency is a rare disease and leads inter alia to arthralgia and osteoporosis in men. The clinical relevance of aromatase to a functioning male metabolism has become evident since 1991, when cases of patients with oestrogen deficiency caused by aromatase mutation were first described. Only few cases are known so far, which will now be presented in a case report and review of the...
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