Molecular analysis of the androgen-receptor gene in a family with receptor-positive partial androgen insensitivity: An unusual type of intronic mutation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1067-1077

  Bruggenwirth H T ^a   Boehmer, A L M ^a,b   Ramnarain, S ^a   Verleun Mooijman, M C T ^a   Satijn, D P E ^a,c   Trapman, J ^a   Grootegoed, J A ^a   Brinkmann, A O ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11P; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0030728419     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301605     Document Type: Article

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