Androgen receptor gene (CAG)n polymorphism in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 860-863

  Ferk, Polonca ^a   Perme, Maja Pohar ^b   Teran, Natasa ^a   Gersak, Ksenija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 51549103262     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1291     Document Type: Article

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