| Literature DB >> 6140547 |
G Lykkesfeldt, H Høyer, A E Lykkesfeldt, N E Skakkebaek.
Abstract
2 patients with recessive X-linked ichthyosis and steroid sulphatase (STS) deficiency were found to have testis cancer. It is suggested that STS deficiency may predispose both to cryptorchidism and to testis cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6140547 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)90801-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321