Androgen insensitivity syndrome: Clinical features and molecular defects

Hormones

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-229

  Galani, Angeliki ^a   Kitsiou Tzeli, Sophia ^a   Sofokleous, Christalena ^a   Kanavakis, Emmanuel ^a   Kalpini Mavrou, Ariadni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AIS; Ambiguous genitalia; Androgen Receptor Gene; AR; CAIS; Intersex disorders; MAIS; PAIS

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AR PROTEIN, HUMAN; HORMONE;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 52449110003     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1201     Document Type: Review

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