Androgen receptor gene alterations are not associated with isolated cryptorchidism

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 863-865

  Wiener, John S ^a,b   Marcelli, Marco ^a   Gonzales Jr , Edmond T ^a   Roth, David R ^a   Lamb, Dolores J ^a,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Base sequence; Cryptorchism; Receptors; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0032323778     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62823-4     Document Type: Article

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