Clinical and biochemical investigations and molecular analysis of subjects with mutations in the androgen receptor gene

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 733-739

  Weidemann, Wolfgang ^a   Linck, Birgit ^a   Haupt, Heike ^a   Mentrup, Birgit ^a   Romalo, Gabriela ^b   Stockklauser, Karin ^a   Brinkmann, Albert O ^c   Schweikert, Hans Udo ^b   Spindler, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a Heinrich Heine Univ of Dusseldorf   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROBLAST; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0030476832     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.8600869.x     Document Type: Article

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