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Androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism is not associated with erectile dysfunction complaints, gonadal steroids, and sleep parameters: data from a population-based survey.
Journal of andrology - 1 Jan 2000
Andersen Monica L, Guindalini Camila, Santos-Silva Rogério, Bittencourt Lia R A, Tufik Sergio
Abstract excerpt
Erectile dysfunction (ED) can be affected by androgen levels, which exert their action through the androgen receptor (AR). Androgenic action has been demonstrated to inversely correlate with a polymorphic trinucleotide CAG repeat region in the AR gene. We conducted an epidemiologic study to determine the potential association between the CAG repeat polymorphism of the AR gene and ED complaints, gonadal steroids,...
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