title: Androgens and fetal growth.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Zegher
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Francois
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Boehmer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saggese
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hiort
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brauner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cacciari
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Vliet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiulpakov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ritzén
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Sippell
mesh_terms: D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000728:Androgens / Q000502:physiology*; D001724:Birth Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000235:genetics; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D011944:Receptors, Androgen