The adrenal cortex and sexual differentiation during early human development

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 43-49

  Asby, Daniel J ^a   Arlt, Wiebke ^b   Hanley, Neil A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Androgen; Fetal; Human; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; VIRILIZATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

EID: 62449270141     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-008-9098-9     Document Type: Review

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