Fetal sensitivity to testosterone, left-handedness and development of bronchial asthma: A new approach

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-145

  Krommydas, G ^a   Gourgoulianis, K I ^a   Andreou, G ^a   Kotrotsiou, E ^b   Raftopulos, V ^b   Paralikas, Th ^b   Molyvdas, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MATERNAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 1042265590     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00325-6     Document Type: Article

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