Preserved male fertility despite decreased androgen sensitivity caused by a mutation in the ligand-binding domain of the androgen receptor gene

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2253-2259

  Giwercman, Aleksander ^a,c   Kledal, Thomas ^a   Schwartz, Marianne ^a   Giwercman, Yvonne Lundberg ^b   Leffers, Henrik ^a   Zazzi, Henric ^b   Wedell, Anna ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIBOLERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SIBLING;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; EXONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034458426     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.6.2253     Document Type: Article

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