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Mutation-haplotype analysis of steroid 21-hydroxylase (CYP21) deficiency in Finland. Implications for the population history of defective alleles.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 1997
Levo A, Partanen J
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency is a common inherited defect of adrenal steroid hormone biosynthesis. Unusually for genetic disorders, the majority of mutations causing CAH apparently result from recombinations between the CYP21 gene encoding the 21-hydroxylase enzyme and the closely linked, highly homologous pseudogene CYP21P. The CYP21 and CYP21P genes are located...
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