Is Hypospadias Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors? A French Collaborative Controlled Study of a Cohort of 300 Consecutive Children Without Genetic Defect

European Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1023-1030

  Kalfa, Nicolas ^a   Paris, Françoise ^a,b   Philibert, Pascal ^a   Orsini, Mattea ^c   Broussous, Sylvie ^a   Fauconnet Servant, Nadège ^a   Audran, Françoise ^a   Gaspari, Laura ^a   Lehors, Hélène ^d   Haddad, Myriam ^d   Guys, Jean Michel ^d   Reynaud, Rachel ^d   Alessandrini, Pierre ^e   Merrot, Thierry ^e   Wagner, Kathy ^f   Kurzenne, Jean Yves ^g   Bastiani, Florence ^g   Bréaud, Jean ^g   Valla, Jean Stéphane ^g   Lacombe, Gérard Morisson ^h   Dobremez, Eric ⁱ   Zahhaf, Amel ^c   Daures, Jean Pierre ^c   Sultan, Charles ^a,b   more..

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^g Fondation Lenval Hopital pour Enfants   (France)

^h HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Disorder of sex determination; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environment; Hypospadias; Occupation; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; COSMETIC; DETERGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PAINT; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

AR GENE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMLD1 GENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRD5A2 GENE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84983119862     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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