Age-dependent differences in androgen binding affinity in a family with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 548-551

  MacLean, Helen E ^a   Gonzales, Michael ^b   Greenland, Karen J ^c   Warne, Garry L ^c   Zajac, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG; Polyglutamine; Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GERM CELL; GRAY MATTER; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PUBERTY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRIBOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TRITIUM;

EID: 22844447293     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X39851     Document Type: Article

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