A new point mutation of the androgen receptor gene in a patient with partial androgen resistance and severe oligozoospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 199-201

  Knoke, I ^b   Jakubiczka, S ^b   Lehnert, H ^b   Wieacker, P ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity; Male infertility; Mutation of the androgen receptor gene

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

ADULT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0347454411     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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