Genetic variations in FSH action affect sex hormone levels and breast tissue size in infant girls: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3191-3198

  Henriksen, Louise Scheutz ^a,b   Hagen, Casper P ^a,b   Assens, Maria ^a,b   Busch, Alexander S ^a,b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a,b   Almstrup, Kristian ^a,b   Main, Katharina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; BREAST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE;

BREAST; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, FSH;

EID: 84984675561     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-1672     Document Type: Article

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