Screening for mutations of the androgen receptor gene in patients with isolated cryptorchidism

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 834-836

  Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a   Sasagawa, Isoji ^a   Ashida, Junko ^a   Nakada, Teruhiro ^a   Muroya, Koji ^b   Ogata, Tsutomu ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cryptorchidism; Single strand conformational polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EXONS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034803720     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02016-7     Document Type: Article

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