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Hypospadias: interactions between environment and genetics.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 30 Mar 2011
Kalfa N, Philibert P, Baskin L S, Sultan C
Abstract excerpt
Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital malformations. It is considered to be a mild form of the 46,XY disorders of sex development (DSD), but its precise etiology remains to be elucidated. Compromised androgen synthesis or effects can cause this frequent malformation, although the mutational analyses of the genes involved in androgen actions have identified abnormalities in only a very small portion of...
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