Endocrine abnormalities in boys with hypospadias

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 545, Issue , 2004, Pages 45-72

  Silver, Richard I ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; GONADOTROPIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEREDITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 2342633806     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8995-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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