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Sex steroid hormones and sex hormone binding globulin levels, CYP17 MSP AI (-34T:C) and CYP19 codon 39 (Trp:Arg) variants in children with developmental stuttering.
Brain and language - 1 Dec 2017
Mohammadi Hiwa, Joghataei Mohammad Taghi, Rahimi Zohreh, Faghihi Faezeh, Khazaie Habibolah, Farhangdoost Hashem, Mehrpour Masoud
Abstract excerpt
Developmental stuttering is known to be a sexually dimorphic and male-biased speech motor control disorder. In the present case-control study, we investigated the relationship between developmental stuttering and steroid hormones. Serum levels of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), oestradiol, progesterone, cortisol, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), as well as the...
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