Genetic analysis of the human Insulin-like 3 gene: Absence of mutations in a Greek paediatric cohort with testicular maldescent

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 986-996

  Mamoulakis, C ^a   Georgiou, I ^b   Dimitriadis, F ^c   Tsounapi, P ^d   Giannakis, I ^b   Chatzikyriakidou, A ^b   Antypas, S ^e   Sofras, F ^a   Takenaka, A ^d   Sofikitis, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Genetic polymorphism; Insulin like 3 (Leydig cell) protein; Mutation; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE EAG I; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENOMIC DNA; INSULIN; INSULIN LIKE 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LEYDIG INSULIN-LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GREECE; INFANT; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84907923730     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12184     Document Type: Article

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