Clinical and molecular evidence for the role of androgens and WT1 in testis descent

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Lim, H N ^a   Hughes, I A ^a   Ross Hawkins, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cryptorchidism; Genitalia; Testicular maldescent; WT1

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA BASE; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS DESCENT; WAGR SYNDROME; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENYS-DRASH SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; WAGR SYNDROME; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0035924077     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00631-1     Document Type: Article

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