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Hypospadias and variants in genes related to sex hormone biosynthesis and metabolism.
Andrology - 1 Jan 2014
Carmichael S L, Witte J S, Ma C, Lammer E J, Shaw G M
Abstract excerpt
We examined whether variants in genes related to sex hormone biosynthesis and metabolism were associated with hypospadias in humans. We examined 332 relatively common tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) in 20 genes. Analyses included 633 cases (84 mild, 322 moderate, 212 severe and 15 undetermined severity) and 855 population-based non-malformed male controls born in California from 1990 to 2003. We...
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