Abstract

To determine whether glucocorticoid resistance due to mutations in the glucocorticoid receptor (GRL) gene is associated with premature pubarche, hirsutism, or oligo/amenorrhea, we performed single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis of genomic DNA obtained from 25 children and 16 adolescent girls referred for the evaluation of premature pubarche, hirsutism, or oligo/amenorrhea. A missense mutation, N363S, and a presumed polymorphism in the 3′-UTR of exon 9α were identified. We conclude that glucocorticoid resistance due toGRLmutations is an infrequent cause of mild hyperandrogenism.

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