Clinical syndromes of hormone receptor mutations: hormone resistance and independence.

doi:10.1006/scel.1994.1016

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Clinical syndromes of hormone receptor mutations: hormone resistance and independence.

Seminars in cell biology - 1 Apr 1994

Auchus R J, Fuqua S A

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Clinical syndromes of hormone resistance or independence have baffled clinicians for decades. These syndromes sometimes result from mutations or deficiencies in enzymes that activate prohormones or from alterations in signal transduction proteins. The majority of these conditions, however, arise...

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Animals
Endocrine System Diseases
Hormones
Humans
Mutation
Receptors, Steroid
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
Syndrome

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