Molecular and clinical studies of three cases of female pseudohermaphroditism with caudal dysplasia suggest multiple etiologies

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Erickson, Robert P ^a   Stone, J F ^b   McNoe, Leslie A ^c   Ecoles, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SW Biomedical Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caudal dysplasia; Female pseudohermaphroditism; PAX2; Sex differentiation; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEX DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0031008923     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02483.x     Document Type: Article

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