Minipuberty of infancy and adolescent pubertal function in adrenal hypoplasia congenita.

Kaiserman, K B; Nakamoto, J M; Geffner, M E; McCabe, E R · J Pediatr · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

An infant and his uncle, both with adrenal hypoplasia congenita, shared the same DAX1 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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