Testicular position in the androgen insensitivity syndrome: Implications for the role of androgens in testicular descent

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 497-501

  Barthold, Julia Spencer ^a   Kumasi Rivers, Kandis ^b   Upadhyay, Jyoti ^b   Shekarriz, Bijan ^b   Imperato Mcginley, Julianne ^b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgen; Cryptorchidism; Pseudohermaphroditism; Receptors; Testicular feminization; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0033941717     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67411-3     Document Type: Article

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