Androgen receptor abnormality in X‐linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Tetsuya Matsuura, Takayoshi Demura, Y Aimoto, Toshiki Mizuno, Fumio Moriwaka, K Tashiro

Neurology · 1992 · 33 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is usually associated with feminization and hypogonadism. We were unable to find androgen receptor (AR) in the scrotal skin of three patients with SBMA, and propose that AR abnormality is the cause of the disease.