Quantitative measurement of the androgen receptor in prepuces of boys with and without hypospadias

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-270

  Pichler, Renate ^a   Djedovic, Gabriel ^b   Klocker, Helmut ^a   Heidegger, Isabel ^a   Strasak, Alexander ^b   Loidl, Wolfgang ^b   Bektic, Jasmin ^a   Skradski, Viktor ^a   Horninger, Wolfgang ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b St Vincent's Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

aetiology; androgen receptor; genetics; hypospadias; signalling

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CORONAL HYPOSPADIAS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENILE HYPOSPADIAS; PREPUCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINE HYPOSPADIAS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORESKIN; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84879692149     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11731.x     Document Type: Article

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