A variant of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is not associated with adrenal androgen excess in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1237-1240

  Kahsar Miller, Melissa ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b   Feingold, Eleanor ^c   Witchel, Selma F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Androgen; Genetics; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hirsutism; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALLELES; ANDROGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REFERENCE VALUES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033636386     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01620-4     Document Type: Article

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