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Salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia: detection of mutations in CYP21B gene in a Chilean population.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 1998
Fardella C E, Poggi H, Pineda P, Soto J, Torrealba I, Cattani A, Oestreicher E, Foradori A
Abstract excerpt
The steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is the most frequent cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. We have characterized the disease-causing mutations in the 21-hydroxylase genes of 63 patients with salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia from a Chilean population of Hispanic origin, a group that has been scarcely evaluated. Using allele-specific PCR, lesions were identified in 97 chromosomes out of...
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