Genital anomalies in human and animal models reveal the mechanisms and hormones governing testicular descent

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-112

  Clarnetth, T D ^a   Sugia, Y ^a   Hutson, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HORMONE;

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GONAD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DESCENT; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; GENITALIA, MALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031403626     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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