Shorter androgen receptor CAG repeat lengths associated with cryptorchidism risk among hispanic white boys

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Davis Dao, Carol ^a   Koh, Chester J ^a,b   Hardy, Brian E ^a,b   Chang, Andy ^a,b   Kim, Steve S ^a,b   De Filippo, Roger ^a,b   Hwang, Andrew ^c   Pike, Malcolm C ^a,d   Carroll, Joshua D ^a,e   Coetzee, Gerhard A ^a   Vandenberg, David ^a   Siegmund, Kimberly ^a   Cortessis, Victoria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c Urology Specialists of Nevada   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84863229265     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2439     Document Type: Article

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