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17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency molecular genetic studies
Introduction
Overview
Overview
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.
Molecular genetic studies
Molecular genetic studies
- 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.
- A molecular basis of this condition has been shown to be the result of any of twenty mutations in the HSD17B3 gene, a gene that is expressed predominately in the testes. [1]
References
References
- ↑ Mains LM, Vakili B, Lacassie Y, Andersson S, Lindqvist A, Rock JA (2008). “17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency in a male pseudohermaphrodite”. Fertil Steril. 89 (1): 228.e13–7. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.048. PMC 2259022. PMID 17509588.
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