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The (TAAAA)n polymorphism of sex hormone-binding globulin gene is not associated with testicular maldescent.
Andrologia - 1 Feb 2013
Mamoulakis C, Sofikitis N, Tsounapi P, Vlachopoulou E, Chatzikyriakidou A, Antypas S, Tzortzakakis D, Sofras F, Takenaka A, Georgiou I
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this family-based study was to investigate the potential association/genetic linkage of the (TAAAA)n polymorphism of sex hormone-binding globulin gene proximal promoter with testicular maldescent (TMD). Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of 487 subjects (174 index families): (i) 180 children with all phenotypes of TMD, (ii) 307 parents (156 mothers and 151 fathers). Conventional...
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