The effect of CAG repeats length on differences in hirsutism among healthy Israeli women of different ethnicities.

The effect of CAG repeats length on differences in hirsutism among healthy Israeli women of different ethnicities.

PURPOSE:Variations in the degree of hirsutism among women of different ethnic backgrounds may stem from multiple etiologies. Shorter length of the polymorphic CAG repeats of the androgen receptor (AR) gene may be associated with increased activity of the receptor leading to hirsutism. We hypothesize...

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Main Authors: Naomi Weintrob, Ori Eyal, Meital Slakman, Anat Segev Becker, Maya Ish-Shalom, Galit Israeli, Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Shay Ben-Shachar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5871002?pdf=render

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