Androgen insensitivity syndrome: Somatic mosaicism of the androgen receptor in seven families and consequences for sex assignment and genetic counseling

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-111

  Köhler, Birgit ^a,i   Lumbroso, Serge ^a,h   Leger, Juliane ^b   Audran, Francoise ^a   Grau, Enric Sarret ^e   Kurtz, Francois ^d   Pinto, Graziella ^c   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^f   Semitcheva, Tatiana ^g   Czernichow, Paul ^b   Sultan, Charles ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d Centre hospitalier de Saint Avold   (France)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g Dept of Pediatric Endocrinology ^*  (Russian Federation)

^h NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GONADECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRILIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; VIRILISM;

EID: 19944426875     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0462     Document Type: Article

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