'Idiopathic' partial androgen insensitivity syndrome in 28 newborn and infant males: Impact of prenatal exposure to environmental endocrine disruptor chemicals?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 579-587

  Gaspari, Laura ^a,b   Paris, Françoise ^a,b   Philibert, Pascal ^b   Audran, Françoise ^b   Orsini, Mattea ^c   Servant, Nadège ^b   Maïmoun, Laurent ^b   Kalfa, Nicolas ^b   Sultan, Charles ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; MASTERMIND LIKE DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 GENE; MICROPENIS; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1 GENE;

46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80053555736     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0580     Document Type: Article

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