The ratio of 2nd to 4th digit length: A proxy for transactivation activity of the androgen receptor gene?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 334-336

  Manning, J T ^a   Bundred, P E ^a   Flanagan, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BREAST CARCINOMA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FINGER; GENE ACTIVITY; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSACTIVATION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0036734442     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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