Correlation of clinical, endocrine and molecular abnormalities with in vivo responses to high-dose testosterone in patients with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-506

  Tincello, D G ^a,f   Saunders, P T K ^a   Hodgins, M B ^b   Simpson, N B ^c   Edwards, C R W ^d   Hargreaves, T B ^d   Wu, F C W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NITROGEN BALANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030941860     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1140927.x     Document Type: Article

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