title: CAG repeat length of the androgen receptor gene in Japanese males with cryptorchidism.
abstract: We have analysed the CAG repeat length in exon 1 of the androgen receptor gene in 48 Japanese males with cryptorchidism and 100 fertile Japanese males. The CAG repeat length was 23.4 +/- 0.48 (mean +/- SE) (range 16-32, median 23) in cryptorchid patients and 23.5 +/- 0.29 (range 15-32, median 23) in normal males. There was no significant difference between the two groups. The expansion of the CAG repeats in exon 1 of the androgen receptor gene is unlikely to constitute a major cause of cryptorchidism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. isasaga@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muroya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000235:genetics*; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats
chemical_list: D011944:Receptors, Androgen