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Exhaustive screening of the 21-hydroxylase gene in a population of hyperandrogenic women.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 1997
Blanché H, Vexiau P, Clauin S, Le Gall I, Fiet J, Mornet E, Dausset J, Bellanné-Chantelot C
Abstract excerpt
21-hydroxylase (21-OH) deficiency accounts for the vast majority of nonclassic (NC) forms of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and is associated with symptoms detectable either in childhood (precocious puberty) or sometimes only later in adulthood (hirsutism, acne, amenorrhea). While the severe forms of the disease responsible for salt wasting or simple virilization have been extensively studied, the NC 21-OH...
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