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[Class I HLA antigens in children from families with congenital adrenal hyperplasia].
Pediatria polska - 1 Feb 1995
Turowska-Heydel D, Pietrzyk J J, Turowski G
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a syndrome of adrenal steroid metabolism errors with an autosomal inheritance model. The most common metabolic defect is 21-hydroxylase deficiency. It has been demonstrated that 21-hydroxylase genes are in close association with HLA antigens. I HLA antigens were typed in a group of 32 families of children with CAH-type 21-hydroxylase deficiency with salt loss. The antigen...
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