Association of severe micropenis with Gly146Ala polymorphism in the gene for steroidogenic factor-1

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Wada, Yuka ^a   Okada, Michiyo ^a   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^b   Ogata, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association; Micropenis; Polymorphism; Steroidogenic factor 1; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPENIS; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYCINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 25644454382     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.445     Document Type: Article

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