Androgen Receptor CAG Repeats Length Polymorphism and the Risk of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rajender, Singh ^a   Carlus, Silas Justin ^b,c   Bansal, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Negi, Mahendra Pratap Singh ^a   Sadasivam, Nirmala ^d   Sadasivam, Muthusamy Narayanan ^d   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^d Maaruthi Medical Centre and Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AR GENE; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84885112613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075709     Document Type: Article

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