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autoimmune hypogonadism
Tuesday 31 October 2006
Etiology (Examples)
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) (mutations in the AIRE gene at 21q22.3) (12398240)
References
Tanriverdi F, Silveira LF, MacColl GS, Bouloux PM. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis: immune function and autoimmunity. J Endocrinol. 2003 Mar;176(3):293-304. PMID: 12630914