Mosaicism due to a somatic mutation of the androgen receptor gene determines phenotype in androgen insensitivity syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3584-3589

  Holterhus, Paul Martin ^a,d   Brüggenwirth, Hennie T ^b   Hiort, Olaf ^a   Kleinkauf Houcken, Annette ^c   Kruse, Klaus ^a   Sinnecker, Gernot H G ^a   Brinkmann, Albert O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Europ Soc for Pediat Endocrinol   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0030663541     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.11.3584     Document Type: Article

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