Minipuberty of infancy and adolescent pubertal function in adrenal hypoplasia congenita

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作者
Kaiserman, KB [1 ]
Nakamoto, JM [1 ]
Geffner, ME [1 ]
McCabe, ERB [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Endocrinol & Genet, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70242-2
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R72 [儿科学];
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An infant and his uncle, both with adrenal hypoplasia congenita, shared the same DAXI mutation. The adolescent uncle had hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, but the infant had a normal minipuberty of infancy. These observations suggest differences in the physiologic mechanisms regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in infancy and adolescence.
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