A pilot study of the association between genetic polymorphisms involved in estrogen signaling and infant male genital phenotypes

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 766-772

  Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^a,b   Swan, Shanna H ^c   Farin, Federico M ^d   Wilkerson, Hui Wen ^d   Bamshad, Michael ^a,d   Grady, Richard ^e   Zhou, Chuan ^a,b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

gene; hypospadias; male; phenotype; polymorphism; reproductive

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866252115     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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