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Alternative pathway androgen biosynthesis and human fetal female virilization
Androgen biosynthesis in the human fetus proceeds through the adrenal sex steroid precursor dehydroepiandrosterone, which is converted to testosterone in the gonads, followed by further activation to 5α-dihydrotestosterone in genital skin, thereby facilitating male external genital differentiation....
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6825302/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31611378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906623116 |