Polymorphisms in genes involved in testosterone metabolism in Slovak autistic boys

Endocrinologist

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Schmidtova, Eva ^a   Kelemenova, Silvia ^a   Celec, Peter ^a,b   Ficek, Andrej ^b   Ostatnikova, Daniela ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; autism; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CAG REPEAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 77957559100     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TEN.0b013e3181f661d2     Document Type: Article

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