Androgens and fetal growth

Francis De Zegher; Inge Francois; Annemie L.M. Boehmer; Giuseppe Saggese; Jørn Müller; Olaf Hiort; Charles Sultan; Peter Clayton; Raja Brauner; Emanuele Cacciari; Lourdes Ibáñez; Guy Van Vliet; Anatoly Tiulpakov; Nurçin Saka; Martin Ritzén; Wolfgang G. Sippell

doi:10.1159/000023284

Androgens and fetal growth

Francis De Zegher^*, Inge Francois, Annemie L.M. Boehmer, Giuseppe Saggese, Jørn Müller, Olaf Hiort, Charles Sultan, Peter Clayton, Raja Brauner, Emanuele Cacciari, Lourdes Ibáñez, Guy Van Vliet, Anatoly Tiulpakov, Nurçin Saka, Martin Ritzén, Wolfgang G. Sippell

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Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

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Abstract

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 the difference in birth weight between boys and girls is generated by androgen action.

Original language	English
Journal	Hormone Research
Volume	50
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	243-244
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0301-0163
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000023284
Publication status	Published - 10.1998

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