Article
Absence of steroid biosynthetic defects in heterozygote individuals for classic 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency due to a R448H mutation in the CYP11B1 gene.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1995
Rösler A, Cohen H
Abstract excerpt
Steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency (failure to convert 11-deoxy-cortisol to cortisol) is responsible for less than 5% of cases of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, but it is relatively frequent in Israel, among Jews of Moroccan origin. Affected individuals have a single base substitutio...
Topics
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
- Adult
- Female
- Genes
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Israel
- Jews
- Male
- Morocco
- Mutation
