Insulin-like factor 3 levels in cord blood and serum from children: effects of age, postnatal hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activation, and cryptorchidism

Katrine Bay, Helena E Virtanen, Stefan Hartung, Richard Ivell, Katharina M Main, Niels E Skakkebaek, Anna-Maria Andersson, Jorma Toppari, Nordic Cryptorchidism Study Group

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Abstract

The Leydig cell hormone insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) is important for testicular descent. Currently INSL3 levels in cord blood, in serum throughout childhood, and in relation to congenital cryptorchidism are unknown.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume92
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)4020-7
Number of pages8
ISSN0021-972X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2007

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