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Polymorphisms of estrogen receptor beta gene are associated with hypospadias.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jan 2006
Beleza-Meireles A, Omrani D, Kockum I, Frisén L, Lagerstedt K, Nordenskjöld A
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INTRODUCTION: Hypospadias is a common male congenital urethral malformation, defined as the displacement of the urethral meatus ventrally from the tip of the glans penis. The importance of androgen receptor in male external genitalia development has been well recognized. Recently, the presence of active estrogen receptors (ER) in the developing male external genitalia has also been demonstrated. There are two...
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