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A CYP21A2 gene mutation in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Molecular genetics report from Saudi Arabia

Sarar Mohamed, Suzan El-Kholy, Nasir Al-Juryyan, Abdulrahman M. Al-Nemri and Khaled K. Abu-Amero
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (1) 113-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.1.9697
Sarar Mohamed
From the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed, Al-Juryyan, Al-Nemri), the Department of Ophthalmology (Abu-Amero), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, and the Department of Pediatrics (El-Kholy), King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Department of Pediatrics (Mohamed, Al-Juryyan, Al-Nemri), the Department of Ophthalmology (Abu-Amero), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, and the Department of Pediatrics (El-Kholy), King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2015, 36 (1) 113-116; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.9697

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Sarar Mohamed, Suzan El-Kholy, Nasir Al-Juryyan, Abdulrahman M. Al-Nemri, Khaled K. Abu-Amero
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2015, 36 (1) 113-116; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.9697
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