Mutations in the maternally imprinted gene MKRN3 are common in familial central precocious puberty

Dominique Simon1, Ibrahima Ba2, Nancy Mekhail2

  • 1AP-HPService d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris F-75019, FranceUniversité Paris DiderotSorbonne Paris Cité F-75019, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)Unité 1141, DHU Protect, Paris F-75019, FranceAP-HPINSERM U1141, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Boulevard Sérurier, Paris F-75019, FranceAP-HPExplorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris F-75012, FranceCentre d'Endocrinologie Pédiatrique14 Rue du Rempart St-Etienne, Toulouse F-31000, FrancePediatric Endocrinology UnitGaetano Rummo Hospital, Benevento 82100, ItalyPediatric Endocrinology UnitFederico II University, Naples 80131, ItalyService de Pédiatrie MultidisciplinaireCentre de Référence des Maladies Rares d'Origine Hypophysaire, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille (APHM), Hôpital de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille F-13385, France AP-HPService d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris F-75019, FranceUniversité Paris DiderotSorbonne Paris Cité F-75019, FranceInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)Unité 1141, DHU Protect, Paris F-75019, FranceAP-HPINSERM U1141, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Boulevard Sérurier, Paris F-75019, FranceAP-HPExplorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris F-75012, FranceCentre d'Endocrinologie Pédiatrique14 Rue du Rempart St-Etienne, Toulouse F-31000, FrancePediatric Endocrinology UnitGaetano Rummo Hospital, Benevento 82100, ItalyPediatric Endocrinology UnitFederico II University, Naples 80131, ItalyService de Pédiatrie MultidisciplinaireCentre de Référence des Maladies Rares d'Origine Hypophysaire, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille (APHM), Hôpital de la T

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