Ala/Thr60 variant of the Leydig insulin-like hormone is not associated with cryptorchidism in the Japanese population

Pediatrics International

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 256-258

  Takahashi, Ikuko ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Komatsu, Masaki ^a   Matsuda, Jun ^b   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAKADORI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; INSL3; Leydig insulin like hormone; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; HORMONE; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR; THREONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INSULIN; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034939542     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2001.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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