Complete androgen insensitivity without Wolffian duct development: The AR-A form of the androgen receptor is not sufficient for male genital development

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 822-826

  Barbaro, Michela ^a,d   Oscarson, Mikael ^a   Almskog, Ingrid ^b   Hamberg, Hans ^c   Wedell, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b North Älvsborgs Regional Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASTRATION; FIBROBLASTS; GENITALIA, MALE; HAIR; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 34347403911     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02819.x     Document Type: Article

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