Estrogen Resistance Caused by a Mutation in the Estrogen-Receptor Gene in a Man

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Eric P. Smith · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Jeff Boyd

Graeme R. Frank · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Robert M. Cohen

Bonny Specker · University of Cincinnati

Timothy C. Williams

Dennis B. Lubahn

Kenneth S. Korach

Abstract

Disruption of the estrogen receptor in humans need not be lethal. Estrogen is important for bone maturation and mineralization in men as well as women.

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Bone health and treatments Bone health and osteoporosis research Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 331, Issue 16, pp. 1056-1061

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199410203311604

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Estrogen Resistance Caused by a Mutation in the Estrogen-Receptor Gene in a Man

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