Early onset obesity and adrenal insufficiency associated with a homozygous POMC mutation

Isolated hypocortisolism due to ACTH deficiency is a rare condition that can be caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding proopiomelanocortin (POMC). Loss of function mutations of POMC gene typically results in adrenal insufficiency, obesity and red hair. We descri...

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Autores principales: Mendiratta, Meenal S, Yang, Yaping, Balazs, Andrea E, Willis, Alecia S, Eng, Christine M, Karaviti, Lefkothea P, Potocki, Lorraine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2011-5

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