Minireview: Organizational hypothesis: Instances of the fingerpost

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4116-4122

  Breedlove, S Marc ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FINGER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956014339     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0041     Document Type: Short Survey

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