Disorders of gonadal development

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-197

  Dewing, Phoebe ^a   Bernard, Pascal ^a   Vilain, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Genetics; Gonads; Sex determination; Sexual ambiguity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; WT1 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DAX1 GENE; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SF1 GENE; SOX9 GENE; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WT1 GENE;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADS; HUMANS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036669352     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35383     Document Type: Review

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