Functional assessment and clinical classification of androgen sensitivity in patients with mutations of the androgen receptor gene

@article{Sinnecker1996FunctionalAA,
  title={Functional assessment and clinical classification of androgen sensitivity in patients with mutations of the androgen receptor gene},
  author={Gernot H. G. Sinnecker and Olaf Hiort and Esther M. Nitsche and P. M. Holterhus and Klaus Kruse and German Neuromonitoring Study Group},
  journal={European Journal of Pediatrics},
  year={1996},
  volume={156},
  pages={7-14}
}
Abstract In the genetic male, mutations of the androgen receptor (AR) gene cause phenotypes ranging from female to subfertile male. Binding assays on genital skin fibroblasts and DNA analysis alone provide incomplete information about receptor function. We used the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) response to stanozolol as a measure of AR function and correlated the results with phenotypes which were classified according to the degree of defective masculinization. Of the 34 patients… 
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Molecular features and clinical phenotypes in androgen insensitivity syndrome in the absence and presence of androgen receptor gene mutations

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Mosaicism due to a somatic mutation of the androgen receptor gene determines phenotype in androgen insensitivity syndrome.

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Novel molecular defects in the androgen receptor gene of Mexican patients with androgen insensitivity

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Expression of two functionally different androgen receptors in a patient with androgen insensitivity

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