The relationship between anogenital distance and the androgen receptor CAG repeat length

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-289

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Hsieh, Tung Chin ^b   Pastuszak, Alexander W ^b   McIntyre, Matthew G ^b   Walters, Rustin C ^b   Lamb, Dolores J ^b   Lipshultz, Larry I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen receptor (AR); anogenital distance (AGD); genitalia; penile length (PL); perineum

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ANUS; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PENILE LENGTH; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SANGER DNA SEQUENCE; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SCROTUM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84874634306     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.126     Document Type: Article

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