Androgen receptor gene mutations in X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

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Androgen receptorSpinal and bulbar muscular atrophyLinkage disequilibriumAlleleTrinucleotide repeat expansionBiologyGeneticsAndrogenAtrophyGeneGenetic linkageEndocrinologyInternal medicineHaplotypeMedicineProstate cancerCancer

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Year: 1991
Type: article
Volume: 352
Issue: 6330
Pages: 77-79
Citations: 2786
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                                    Albert R. La Spada, 
                                
                                    Elizabeth Wilson, 
                                
                                    Dennis B. Lubahn
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1991). 
                            Androgen receptor gene mutations in X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. 
                            Nature
                            , 352
                            (6330)
                            , 77-79.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/352077a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/352077a0