The (TAAAA)n polymorphism of sex hormone-binding globulin gene is not associated with testicular maldescent

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-45

  Mamoulakis, C ^a   Sofikitis, N ^b   Tsounapi, P ^c   Vlachopoulou, E ^b   Chatzikyriakidou, A ^b   Antypas, S ^d   Tzortzakakis, D ^a   Sofras, F ^a   Takenaka, A ^c   Georgiou, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Androgen binding protein; Cryptorchidism; Genetic polymorphism; Mutation; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 84871794608     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2012.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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