NR0B1 (DAX1) mutations in patients affected by congenital adrenal hypoplasia with growth hormone deficiency as a new finding.

J Appl Genet

Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Rheumatology, Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Street, 60-572, Poznan, Poland.

Published: May 2013

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