Molecular evaluation of the SRY gene for gonads of patients with mixed gonadal dysgenesis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 673-676

  Mizuno, Kentaro ^a   Kojima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tozawa, Keiichi ^a   Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Hayashi, Yutaro ^a   Kohri, Kenjiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed gonadal dysgenesis; Polymerase chain reaction; SRY gene; Streak gonad

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GONAD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRY GENE; TESTIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GENES, SRY; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, MIXED; GONADS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN;

EID: 28444482694     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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