Identification of a critical novel mutation in the exon 1 of androgen receptor gene in 2 brothers with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-232

  Radpour, Ramin ^a   Falah, Masoume ^b   Aslani, Ali ^c   Zhong, Xiao Yan ^a   Saleki, Ahmad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIBLINGS;

EID: 65549111717     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.005520     Document Type: Article

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