Lack of LGR8 gene mutation in Finnish patients with a family history of cryptorchidism

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Roh, Jaesook ^a   Virtanen, Helena ^b   Kumagai, Jin ^a   Sudo, Satoko ^a   Kaleva, Marko ^b   Toppari, Jorma ^b   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; INSL3; LGR8; Mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DESCENT; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 0345306827     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61883-4     Document Type: Article

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