Frequency of a polymorphism in the regulatory region of the 17α-hydroxylase-17,20-lyase (CYP17) gene in hyperandrogenic states

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Techatraisak, K ^a   Conway, G S ^a   Rumsby, G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030988978     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.8700880.x     Document Type: Article

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