Article
Androgens and fetal growth.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 1998
de Zegher F, Francois I, Boehmer A L, Saggese G, Müller J, Hiort O, Sultan C, Clayton P, Brauner R, Cacciari E, Ibáñez L, Van Vliet G, Tiulpakov A, Saka N, Ritzén M, Sippell W G
Abstract excerpt
Boys are heavier than girls at term birth. Children with a 46,XY karyotype and androgen insensitivity syndrome (clinically complete form and/or proven mutations in the androgen receptor gene) were found to have a birth weight comparable to that of girls. These findings support the hypothesis that...
Topics
- Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome
- Androgens
- Birth Weight
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mutation
- Receptors, Androgen
- Sex Characteristics