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NR0B1A-associated adrenal hypoplasia

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Etiology

 mutations or deletions of DAX-1 (NR0B1A) gene at Xp21

Synopsis

 adrenal cortex is hypoplastic
 fetal zone is intact, often has cytomegalic features
 associated with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in young men

See also

 Adrenals

  • adrenal malformations

References

 Identification of a novel mutation in DAX1/NR0B1A gene in two siblings with severe clinical presentation of adrenal hypoplasia congenita. Mantovani RM, Pezzuti IL, Dias VM, Silva IN. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2009 Aug;53(6):771-6. PMID: 19893922